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Week 1 pregnancy guide:
Despite the facts, there are no clear indicators at this stage the first week of pregnancy is as important as the other weeks because proper care during the initial weeks will lead to a stronger and healthier baby. This week counts as part of your 40-week pregnancy even though your baby hasn’t been conceived yet.
Before becoming pregnant you should avoid alcohol, drugs and tobacco products. Consuming these products can cause birth defects, fetal alcohol syndrome, respiratory problems, low birth weight, and other health problems.
Talk to your doctor if you are taking any prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Women who are attempting to become pregnant should take 400 micrograms of folic acid a day.
Week 1
For the Baby: Your baby is still just a glimmer in your eye. It’s difficult to know exactly when conception occurred, so doctors calculate your due date from the beginning of your last menstrual cycle. That’s right -- for calculation purposes, you’re “pregnant” before you even conceive!
Mom-to-be: At the beginning of your period, about 20 eggs called ova occupy fluid-filled sacs called follicles. If you typically have your period every 28 days, then about 14 days later, you ovulate: One of these follicles releases an egg, and it travels down your fallopian tube where it awaits fertilization. This time -- 14 days after your period started and a day or so longer -- is when you're the most fertile. If you want to get pregnant, this is the best time to try. Once the egg is fertilized, it moves into the uterus.
Don't be disappointed if you don't get pregnant the first time. Depending on her age, each month, a woman has a 25% chance of getting pregnant, so you may need to try more than once.
Tip for the Week: Make sure you've scheduled a preconception visit with your ob-gyn to determine risks of genetic diseases and environmental hazards as well as learn about necessary lifestyle changes to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. Most importantly, make sure you've started taking 0.4 milligrams, or 400 micrograms, of folic acid a day. Folic acid taken a few months before conception has been shown to dramatically reduce such neural tube defects as spina bifida.
Even if you don't feel a thing (yet!), you're experiencing the amazing transformation of your egg into an embryo and may still have some 1st-week pregnancy symptoms. Though the terms used to explain your body’s changes during the first couple of weeks of pregnancy may sound clinical, they are a necessary part of describing the complex process of a baby's growth and determining the first signs of life.
During your first week of pregnancy, your body sheds its uterine lining (that's when you get your period) and prepares to make a new one that's a hospitable nest for a fertilized egg. Meanwhile, about a thousand of your eggs make their way down the road to maturity.
Despite the facts, there are no clear indicators at this stage the first week of pregnancy is as important as the other weeks because proper care during the initial weeks will lead to a stronger and healthier baby. This week counts as part of your 40-week pregnancy even though your baby hasn’t been conceived yet.
Before becoming pregnant you should avoid alcohol, drugs and tobacco products. Consuming these products can cause birth defects, fetal alcohol syndrome, respiratory problems, low birth weight, and other health problems.
Talk to your doctor if you are taking any prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Women who are attempting to become pregnant should take 400 micrograms of folic acid a day.
Week 1
For the Baby: Your baby is still just a glimmer in your eye. It’s difficult to know exactly when conception occurred, so doctors calculate your due date from the beginning of your last menstrual cycle. That’s right -- for calculation purposes, you’re “pregnant” before you even conceive!
Mom-to-be: At the beginning of your period, about 20 eggs called ova occupy fluid-filled sacs called follicles. If you typically have your period every 28 days, then about 14 days later, you ovulate: One of these follicles releases an egg, and it travels down your fallopian tube where it awaits fertilization. This time -- 14 days after your period started and a day or so longer -- is when you're the most fertile. If you want to get pregnant, this is the best time to try. Once the egg is fertilized, it moves into the uterus.
Don't be disappointed if you don't get pregnant the first time. Depending on her age, each month, a woman has a 25% chance of getting pregnant, so you may need to try more than once.
Tip for the Week: Make sure you've scheduled a preconception visit with your ob-gyn to determine risks of genetic diseases and environmental hazards as well as learn about necessary lifestyle changes to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. Most importantly, make sure you've started taking 0.4 milligrams, or 400 micrograms, of folic acid a day. Folic acid taken a few months before conception has been shown to dramatically reduce such neural tube defects as spina bifida.
Even if you don't feel a thing (yet!), you're experiencing the amazing transformation of your egg into an embryo and may still have some 1st-week pregnancy symptoms. Though the terms used to explain your body’s changes during the first couple of weeks of pregnancy may sound clinical, they are a necessary part of describing the complex process of a baby's growth and determining the first signs of life.
During your first week of pregnancy, your body sheds its uterine lining (that's when you get your period) and prepares to make a new one that's a hospitable nest for a fertilized egg. Meanwhile, about a thousand of your eggs make their way down the road to maturity.