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Your little one weighs about 1.23 oz/5g, similar to a US nickel coin or a single sheet of printer paper and measures 1.3 inches/3.5 centimeters.
CHANGES IN YOUR BABY THIS WEEK
All the main organs of your baby are already formed, now they have to mature and grow, in just 3 weeks it will double in size!
He continues to drink amniotic fluid, which favors the proper development of his digestive system.
In addition to sucking his thumb, he already yawns. His movements begin to be voluntary, they are not spasms.
A layer of very fine hair called lanugo forms on its body.
At the end of his fingers, tiny nails appear and in the gums the primary structures that will give rise to his first teeth are formed.
YOUR PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHANGES
The hormone human chorionic gonadotropin – the one that served at the time to confirm that you were pregnant – begins to drop in the blood, which plays an important role in the gradual reduction of nausea. Some women continue with nausea throughout the pregnancy, but it is not usual. If you have been one of the lucky few who has not suffered from it, it is highly unlikely that it will appear from now on.
Your abdomen begins to look like that of a pregnant woman, although if you wear loose clothes, there will be those who still do not realize it.
Common symptoms at week 10 of pregnancy
- Frequent urination (Frequency)
- Tiredness and sleepiness
- Constipation
TIPS FOR YOUR WELL-BEING
Keep watching your diet. When nausea improves, appetite returns. You don’t have to be on a diet during pregnancy, you don’t have to go hungry, but avoid highly-processed and high-calorie foods that do not contribute anything beneficial to your health and have the possibility of adding excess weight.
If you start to feel better, step up your weekly exercise routine. Ask your doctor or midwife which exercises to do and how much, based on your previous activity level.
Also remember to continue taking folic acid.
MEDICAL EXAMS AND TESTS AT WEEK 10
Between this week and the next you may be probably be scheduled to carry out the early biochemical screening.
In certain genetic abnormalities, 2 hormones in the maternal blood are altered. For this reason, they will do a blood test that detects the levels of both hormones:
- Human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG)
- Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A)
When there is any fetal abnormality, β-hCG is above normal and PAPP-A decreases or increases depending on different abnormalities (it decreases in cases of Down syndrome and increases in spina bifida).
If these hormones are altered, an abnormality may be suspected, but never diagnosed. By themselves, these values are not conclusive. They have to be combined with measurements from the ultrasound at week 12 and with some of your personal data such as your age, your race, if you smoke, or if you have became pregnancy through assisted reproduction techniques.
FREQUENT QUESTIONS
What kind of physical exercise can I do and with what intensity?
One of the main doubts when it comes to physical activity during pregnancy is knowing what the limit is, since there is a fear of “overdoing it”.
Physical exercise is tremendously beneficial during pregnancy. If you trained with high intensity, you should avoid exercises with risk of impact, but you will be able to maintain such an activity that makes you reach a heart rate of up to 160 beats per minute (if you are over 29 years old, the limit is 156 beats per minute).
If you didn’t exercise before pregnancy, now is not the time to start preparing to run a marathon, keep your heart rate below 144 beats per minute. You should always stop your sports activity if any discomfort appears.
[…] Also, if last week they didn’t give you an appointment for an early biochemical exam, they will do so this week. If you want more information about this test, you will find it in week 10. […]
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