15th Week Of Pregnancy: The Second Trimester Developments Continues

It’s the third week of the second trimester, rather a comfortable time of your pregnancy up to now! However, you don’t need to be stressed if the signs and symptoms of the first trimester are continued to exist such as Morning sickness, insomnia, food dislike and metallic taste of your mouth into the second, particularly, if you’re carrying twins. Pregnancy hormones are the major culprit for all these distressing symptoms, and varying their behavior pregnancy to pregnancy as well, a unique experience in many a ways for a first timer.

Fetus Development in 15th Week

Though a very small in shape! Your baby is still capable of hearing your heartbeat, breathing, and speaking, as the ear bones start getting the hard shape. Though, the eyelids are remaining closed, still the eyes can sense luminosity in unison. This is the time of developing the taste buds of your baby as well.

Limb Growth

The legs of Fetus start growing longer than the arms, infraction of the growth of head and the entire body of Fetus, with faster toe and little fingernails growth as well. This is also a time when all joints of the body of fetus adequately shape out to start a movement.

Outside Look

The ears are taking their concluding place out there at the face while eyes about to get the place in front of the face of your baby. The fetus starts tweaking with the face muscles to express a variety of facial expressions. While Lanugo, the slim layer of silky hair start covering the back, forehead, shoulders, and ears of your baby, which works as a thermostat of your baby’s body to control the body heat till the fetus start developing fate reserves, another source to keep the baby warm.

Fetal Movements

This is going to get more sophisticated advancement that helps fetus to twist the petite toes while kicking and punching using his arms and legs. The fetus also starts exercising grasping, swallowing and sucking to do the job exceptionally well after the birth, he starts hiccups frequently to support breathing system.

Body Modification

Weight gain is the key development of your pregnancy in this age; most women gain about 5 pounds of their body weight at this time of the pregnancy usually, but it’s not a standard. It’s normal to experience somebody-balancing, during this time of your pregnancy just because of extra enlargement of your belly. Also, the pregnancy hormone continues to untie your muscles and joints, making you a little inept.

You’re Appearance

If not up to now! It’s the time, you start feeling pregnant. As your belly size makes you noticeable to the others at least, though, it’s not a set rule as pregnancy works in the case to the case instead.

Tips for a healthy pregnancy and baby

  • Most women feel jagged abdominal pain; lower back, joint and hip pain
  • Enlarged breast and nipples, shaping out for impending breastfeeding process
  • A probable minute swelling of fingers, hands and feet because of water retention, Nose bleeding, gum swallowing and bleeding, Flu like signs, Gastric and bloating symptoms, indigestion and heartburn etc.
  • Headaches, dizziness, and fainting, possibly feeling short or out of breath
  • Changed Emotional Behavior, in either way happy or sad for no obvious causes

When to Call a Doctor?

Some probable emergencies may occur during this time of the pregnancy:

  • An episode of Nausea, and Vomiting, which cause weight loss or dehydration even. Intense abdominal cramps, back pain in association of contractions as well
  • Lower abdominal pain with virginal bleeding, dizziness or fainting and cramps identical to period cramps
  • Severe and persistent down the belly or upper abdominal pain, severe constipation persistent diarrhea with stomach pain
  • Acute fatigue or, palpitation, rapid or unsteady heartbeat, vision issues or a severe headache may be due to hypertension
  • Pale or clear virginal smelly discharge, pain during sex or during urination, odorless egg-whitish discharge with fever or nausea, UTI, all this might indicate a Yeast infection.

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