Congrats! You are now 13 weeks pregnant. It means you are just passing the last week of the first trimester and you can take a deep breath now. Don’t make it too deep that you feel breathless. Your baby is now technically 11 weeks old and you can relax a bit as most of the uncomfortable symptoms are starting to get diminished. You can now say it loud to the world that you are expecting a baby as the joy would increase when you share the news. As you are 13 weeks pregnant you are now about to start your second trimester which is very important for the overall development of your baby and its weight is going to increase more. It is a very important phase in the pregnancy calendar as you are just between two phases.
Your Body When You Are 13 Weeks Pregnant
As you are 13 weeks pregnant now the hormones are still doing their bit in increasing your breast size. It is now bigger and glowing and you do have a new cleavage. The milk production is getting stimulated by the hormone progesterone and estrogen. Have you seen the changes in your belly? It is popping out or not? The change may be very small but you can notice it for sure. It may differ for individuals and it may be showing up a week or two later. The hormonal changes are making you more emotional and the impact on your sexual desire may be huge. The change of mood reflects on the change in sexual urge and it may frustrate your partner.
For many of the would be mothers when they are 13 weeks pregnant the nausea has gone and they have their energy back. The new thing that you may notice this week is a bit of milk discharge which will not happen for all. You may also notice vaginal discharge that is milky and it protects your birth canal infection while maintaining a healthy balance of bacteria.
Your Baby
As you are 13 weeks pregnant your baby has developed a bit now. The major organs are working fine. The major development in your baby this week is that its eyes are developing and thus its lids are closed. Now your baby can make a fist and can suck its thumb which will seem amazing in case you can catch it in an ultrasound now or the next week. The vocal cord and the larynx of your baby are completed. The skull and the bones are getting tougher and in some weeks the ribs will also develop. The intestine has gone inside its stomach and it is well placed now. The head is just as long as the body but in next few weeks the growth of the body will increase to make it look not like an alien.
Your baby is now 3 inch long and about 20 grams of weight. It will multiply in size and weight rapidly from now on. The height and weight may differ for different babies.
Changes That You Need To Make In Your Lifestyle
There are a lot of things to do when you are just 13 weeks pregnant as you have got back your energy now and you need to do a bit of planning how you should go on from here.
- Your old cloths and the biggest jeans may not fit you now. So keep them aside and go for shopping. Purchase cloths that would fit you even after some more weeks.
- If you have not told people before it is time to tell all that you are pregnant. Excitement is very normal in this stage of life but as you are just 13 weeks pregnant you should be careful too.
- If your belly is bulging out more than normal you may be having twins. Rather than predicting it better go for a check up and confirm the news. Sometime it is just the extra fat that you have taken and sometime it is just that your baby is super healthy.
- You may feel dizzy at times and you may even have heartburn and indigestion. Eat in small quantity and have fruits that increase the supply of blood in your body.
As you are 13 weeks pregnant now taking proper care of you and your baby largely depends on you. The baby will further develop and there will be more changes in you body when you are 14 weeks pregnant. You can even have a glimpse of its movement in coming week. So to find out more read on.
