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Pickaway Health Services & Berger Maternity Center
Prenatal Information -- Pregnancy Guide
Your Body:
- Morning sickness may finally go away, or maybe not.
- You may have more energy.
- You may gain 2-3 pounds this month.
- You may be able to feel the top of your uterus in your lower abdomen.
- You may still urinate frequency.
- You might be constipated sometimes.
- You may be happy one minute and sad the next; mood swings.
Your Baby:
- Your baby is still too small to really feel movement.
- Ear, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, and toes will be completely formed this month.
- Vocal cords and taste buds are formed.
- The neck is well shaped, and the head can be held up.
- Your baby's elbows can bend.
- Your baby can now kick.
- Your baby can now form fists.
- Genital organs are well formed.
- One cup of fluid surrounds your baby and your baby can swallow this fluid and urinate.
- By the end of the month your baby will weigh 1/4 pound and be 2 1/4 inches long.
- The heartbeat is 120-160 beats per minute.
Your appointment:
- Urine test
- Weight
- Blood Pressure
- You will hear your baby's heartbeat this month.
- Either this month or next you will be offered AFP testing. This is explained on the next page.
When to go to the emergency room:
- Bad cramping.
- Vaginal bleeding. Bleeding like a period is abnormal. Blood tinged discharge, especially after sex, is normal.
- If you cannot keep any fluids down.
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