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Month 1: Mom
Your menstrual period is late! -
Month 1: Mom
may have swollen, tender breasts -
Month 1: Mom
mild to extreme nausea any time of the day or night -
Month 1: Mom
5 pounds of extra weight -
Month 1: Baby
your baby has progressed from being a cluster of cells called a blastocyst to an embryo that's about the size of a pencil point -
Month 1: Baby
The brain start to develop -
Month 1: Baby
The neural tube heart and other organs are beginning to form. -
Month 1: Baby
baby spinal cord develop -
Month 2: Mom
pregnancy symptoms -
Month 2: Mom
produces extra blood during pregnancy -
Month 2: Mom
her heart beats faster and harder -
Month 2: Mom
discomforts like breast tenderness, fatigue, frequent urination, heartburn, nausea -
Month 8: Mom
Women often start feeling tired and have a more difficult time breathing as the uterus expands up. They may get varicose veins blue or red swollen veins most often in the legs or hemorrhoids varicose veins of the rectum. Hemorrhoids can be painful and itchy and cause bleeding. Women may also get stretch marks where skin has been expanded. Braxton-Hicks contractions, heartburn, and constipation may continue. -
Month 2: Baby
A very basic beating heart and circulatory system develop. -
Month 2: Baby
Buds for arms and legs develop. -
Month 2: Baby
External ears, eyes, eyelids, liver, and upper lip have begun forming -
Month 2: Baby
The sex organs are the same — neither female nor male — in all embryos until the seventh or eighth week -
Month 3: Mother
Women do not usually gain much weight -
Month 3: Mother
A woman’s breasts continue growing and changing. -
Month 3: Mother
The area around the nipple — the areola — may grow larger and darker -
Month 3: Mother
Women who are prone to acne may experience outbreaks. -
Month 3: Baby
Fingers and toes are longer. -
Month 3: Baby
The umbilical cord connects the abdomen of the fetus to the placenta. -
Month 3: Baby
The placenta is attached to the wall of the uterus -
Month 3: Baby
Bones begin hardening.Skin and fingernails begin to grow -
Month 4: Mom
Some of the early signs and symptoms of pregnancy begin to be relieved during the fourth month. -
Month 4: Mom
But other digestive problems — heartburn and constipation — may be troublesome. -
Month 4: Mom
It’s common for women to have shortness of breath or to breathe faster. -
Month 4: Mom
Increased blood flow may lead to unpleasant pregnancy symptoms, such as bleeding gums, nosebleeds, or nasal stuffiness. Pregnant women also may feel dizzy or faint because of the changes to their blood and blood vessels. -
Month 4: Baby
The sex of the fetus can sometimes be seen by looking at external sex organs on an ultrasound. -
Month 4: Baby
Hair begins to grow. -
Month 4: Baby
The prostate gland begins developing in male fetuses. -
Month 4: Baby
Ovaries move down from the abdomen to the pelvic area in female fetuses. -
Month 5: Mom
Women usually feel fetal movements for the first time during the fifth month. It may feel like flutters or butterflies in the stomach. This is called quickening. The pregnancy symptoms of the fourth month continue this month. -
Month 5: Baby
Lanugo a fine downy hair covers the body. The skin is also covered with vernix caseosa, a greasy material that protects the skin. A uterus has formed in a female fetus. -
Month 6: Baby
Bone marrow starts making blood cells. Taste buds begin to form.Eyebrows and eyelashes usually develop -
Month 7: Baby
The fetus develops more and more fat from now until the end of pregnancy. Eyelids are usually fused together until about 28 weeks -
Month 8: Baby
Testes usually begin descending into the scrotum from the abdomen between weeks 30 and 34 in a male fetus. This is usually complete by 40 weeks. Lanugo starts falling off. -
Month 9: Baby
The eyes have developed enough for pupils to constrict and dilate when exposed to light. Lanugo is nearly all gone. The fetus is considerably fatter, and the skin is no longer wrinkled. -
Month 6: Mom
Pregnancy symptoms from the fourth and fifth month usually continue. Shortness of breath may improve. Breasts may start producing colostrum tiny drops of early milk. This may continue throughout pregnancy.
Some women have Braxton-Hicks contractions. -
Month 7: Mom
A woman’s uterus continues expanding. Back pain is common. Pregnancy symptoms from earlier months continue. Dizziness may lessen. -
Month 9: Mom
The growing fetus places more and more strain on a pregnant woman’s body. Common pregnancy symptoms continue through the end of pregnancy, including fatigue, trouble sleeping, trouble holding urine, shortness of breath, varicose veins, and stretch marks. Some fetuses drop down into the lower part of the uterus during this month. This may relieve the woman’s constipation and heartburn that are common earlier in pregnancy.
