As you are 11 weeks pregnant now your baby has grown a bit more. You are also in the verge of getting over the 1st trimester. Your embryo which was planted in the third week has converted to fetus in the end of the 10th week and now it is looking more like a human. If you are waiting for the end of the first trimester to tell people about the good news then the wait is just going to get over. You may be feeling emotional about everything around you and people who just don’t know about you are speculating about your weight gain as you are 11 weeks pregnant now. This week and the coming week is one of the most anxious weeks in the pregnancy calendar as it is said that if your baby is safe in the first trimester the possibility of problems decreases.
Change In Your Body
As you reach the stage where you are 11 weeks pregnant the hormones will start its work on your emotion. You will feel emotional about things which were not so a few days back. The mood swing is the most visible change in you though the effect of nausea and vomiting will be almost gone. But in some cases it may stay for some more months with lesser impact. When you are 11 weeks pregnant your craving for food will also increase and it may sometime make you overeat. It is better to have foods that do not cause acidity and bloating because you will not be able to tolerate it. The hormones may even cause you headache that may be quite a big deal. Consult the physician about the medicines that are allowed for an 11 weeks pregnant woman to get relief from pain.
Change In Your Baby
Most of the organs of the baby, when its mother is 11 weeks pregnant, are already formed and many of them are functioning. Though they are quite small they are existent and they are working just like human organs. The defect risk is now low and as the organs are functioning themselves there is less chance of external influences. At this point of pregnancy calendar the head of your baby is just as long as the remaining body. The toe and finger nail are set to develop now.
This week, your baby is moving its arms and legs. but the movement is not much for you to feel. The sexual organs like ovaries and testes have developed but they can’t be in the ultrasound yet. The ears are taking its final shape and being placed in the proper area while the hair follicle is just starting to grow. It is now 11/2 to 2 inch long and will increase 30 times in weight in next 29 weeks. Imagine the little cute one that looks like human and stretching its arms to reach yours. Oh god! You are again having tears in your eyes.
Change In Your Life
The good news for you is that you are feeling lot more normal this week as the morning sickness has started disappearing. Other symptoms may continue with more or less change in the extent. You are a baby making factory now and thus getting tired is very normal. The HCG which is the pregnancy hormone is still causing frequent urination. You should not change your fluid intake and reduce it. As you are 11 weeks pregnant now your body and your baby need water and you will have to take it at regular interval. Increase in saliva is very normal so don’t always relate it to the craving for a good looking food.
Though your tummy is not bulging out till now it is getting firm and you will feel changes in it. You may also feel dizzy several times during the day as the production of blood is not enough to fulfill the requirement of your circulatory system. Being an 11 weeks pregnant woman is a matter of pride and it’s just some weeks more to see your little one doing all sorts of funny things that you are imagining now. So enjoy being 11 weeks pregnant and relax as much as possible.
