Pregnancy Trimester- Stages of Pregnancy For Mother And Fetus

Pregnancy trimester this the duration which it takes for a baby to be fully developed into a full human being, it thus takes  a period of 40 weeks for the baby to develop this is divided into three months thus making it 3 different stages which is known as the

First Trimester Pregnancy, Second Trimester Pregnancy and the third trimester pregnancy, these three stages will be discussed extensively here in this article.

1.     First Trimester Pregnancy

This time starts to count right from the time the woman experiences her monthly cycle or the time she noticed that she is pregnant up to about 14 weeks is known as the first trimester pregnancy. There will be lots of physical changes emerging from the woman; this includes early morning sickness, vomiting, feeling dizzy, constant urination at this time the best exercise for the woman is walking around.

Also for the baby in the mother womb, the formation of the five sense organ starts to form as well as the digestive system and the heart start beating at this stage.

2. Second Trimester Pregnancy

This stage starts from the fourth month, all form and signs of morning sickness disappear, the woman now regain more energy at this period but there will be  lot of discharge during  this period due to changes in her body hormone, also contraction of the uterus will also occur during this period which many women term as false labor, at this time she may experience pains in her back as well as swollen feet’s, stretch marks showing up in her abdominal part of her body,  hence the best exercise for her is the kegel and yogic exercise   

While the baby at this stage the heart development is completed, he starts to grow toenail and finger nails, the muscles starts developing thus the baby start moving hence the mother will feel the movement of the baby in her womb. Also the baby’s hair starts coming out with little growth in the eyelash and eyebrow.

3. Third Trimester Pregnancy

This is the last stage for the pregnancy which is usually from the 28^th week up to the 40^th week, at this stage the mother to be will now tired as a result of the growth of the baby in the womb also there is the anxiety from the mother for the arrival of the new baby

At this stage the baby in the mother’s womb is fully formed ready to the delivered, all of the sensory organs and the digestive system are fully developed.