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For the first 2 weeks, the mom isn't considered pregnant yet. The OBGYN counts pregnancy as 40 weeks from the start of the last menstrual cycle.
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The mother may have found out that she's pregnant by the end of the 4th week or later. She may experience a possible missed period and cramping. Also keep in mind pregnancy tests measure HCG hormone levels.
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Mom may experience:
- Missed period
- Breasts may become tender and enlarged
- Morning sickness/nausea/and vomiting
- Extreme tiredness
- Mood Swings
- Increased heart rate due to increased cardiac volume
- Frequent urination due to uterus pushing on bladder -
Same as week 5-6 -
- Symptoms from week 5-8 may continue
- Pregnancy acne may occur
- Between week 12-14 weeks, the mother will begin to hear the baby's heartbeat with a doppler ultrasound
- Little weight gain on the mother.
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Same as week 10 -
Same as week 10 and 11 -
- Morning sickness may disappear
- Appetite may increase
- Lose ligaments
- Clumsiness
- Leg cramps
- Reduce fatigue
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Same as week 14 -
Mother may experience
- Back aches
- Stretch marks may appear
- Trouble sleeping
- baby moving
- Heart burn -
Same as week 18-19 -
Mother may experience
-Hip, groin, and abdomen pain
-Shortness of breath
- Belly button may poke out -
Mother may experience
- Fetal movements sensed as strong kicks bumps, some may be visible
- Carpal tunnel syndrome may flair
- Trouble sleeping
- Weight gain by this time may total between 10 and 12 weeks. -
Mother may experience
- Increased abdomen may affect posture
- Breasts may leak
- Growing stretch marks -
Mother may experience
- Back aches and fatigue
- Leg cramps
- Pelvic pain
- Fetal kicks that interrupt rest
- Braxton-hicks contractions
- Weight gain that is about 18-28 pounds -
Same as week 31-32 -
The mother may experience
- Feelings of stretches or movement of the baby
- Insomnia
- Total weight gain of 25-35 pounds
- Braxton-Hick contractions
- Decreased pressure on lungs and organs -
Same as week 36-37 -
Child in born into the world