What is Your Baby Doing in Your 8th Week of Pregnancy?

How exciting it is to be so far along already, sometimes that first month just flies by and many women do not even know that they are pregnant yet, some believe they just have a cold or that stress could be the issue.
At 8 weeks pregnant however, many women know that they are pregnant, if not by the extreme nausea, they can tell by their beautiful budding belly. In the second month of pregnancy, a woman feels many changes that she did not experience in the first month and the baby is experiencing some very important changes as well.

First of all a woman in her second month is experiencing less nausea which is common. However, she is still finding out that certain foods make morning sickness a huge issue. Despite the nausea a woman in her second month could start to have some cravings, these cravings could include her favorites of cheese and crackers, but also could include some very different cravings like fish and chocolate.

The second month of pregnancy comes with an increase in hormones, so husbands beware. Fatigue and acne are two very unkind conditions that take up some time in the second month, but do not worry by your fourth month you get a burst of energy that helps you sail through your pregnancy. Study up for your first prenatal visit, which will allow you to hear the most beautiful sound you have ever heard, your baby's heartbeat, which is now beating at 150 beat per minute.

Lastly, you may have noticed an increase in your breasts. They may have swollen or increased a full cup since you became pregnant. This is completely normal since your breasts have to start preparing to feed your baby once he/she is born.

Ok, enough about you let's talk about the baby. Becoming 8 weeks has been easy for a fetus, though this month he/she will work very hard to prepare themselves for coming into the world. First, the tadpole looking fetus starts to form into a human looking fetus. Fingers and toes are spreading apart and limbs are growing out. Even though an 8-week old fetus is just barely the size of a pumpkin seed, which is 10,000 times bigger than conception, their heart is working powerfully to pump blood to other organs.

An 8-week old fetus is forming a nose, eyelids, ears, an upper lip, a tongue and his/her intestines. He/she is working very hard which means that mom gets all the fatigue of running a marathon without the running.
The second month is important for both baby and mom, baby is growing in many ways, which means vitamins and healthy foods are a very smart choice. Mom is getting her first check-up, which means you will be at the doctor's office for quite some time due to all the tests the doctor needs to take. These tests include blood sugar, urine, weight and other things like sickle cell anemia. This is routine and should not cause worry among mom.

Have a healthy second month and check out what is in store for month three.