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You and your partner are expecting the birth date of your baby. You won't surely repress the excitement and anxiety during weeks of pregnancy. Everyday, you may wish that you can see the gradual growth of the little child. So this article will be very interesting for you with a lot of information about the development of your baby at the first trimester.
Zygote results from the unity of egg and sperm. After fertilization, it will move to uterus and begin the process of developing into an embryo. The embryonic period starts at the third or fifth week after conception. In this period, your baby' major organs and body parts begin to form. Your baby's brain, spinal cord and nerves are the first things to develop; the next parts formed are heart, baby's lung and bladder. After first 5 weeks, your baby will be about 1/16 inch long.
At week 6, your baby's heart has the first sign of beating and pumping blood. Especially, your baby's facial features will appear with the form of eyes, ears and eyelids. Some pieces of tissue will combine together for the development of other parts of baby's face, such as nose, cheeks and lips. Your baby's arms and legs also begin to form from week 7 to week 9.
In the next weeks, some types of cell will develop into the baby's eggs or sperms. Although, your baby's penis or vagina can be formed clearly but it's still so difficult to know about your baby's sex through ultrasound. But at this time, you will feel the first movements of your baby because of the development of muscles. This experience proves the healthy growth of your little child. At the end of the first trimester, the baby will be 1 inch long.
If you want your baby to have the best conditions to develop, especially at this trimester, you should supply enough essential nutrients for your diet. For example, vitamin B is necessary for preventing the defects and miscarriage; leafy and green vegetables will provide you folic acid to enhance the health of your baby; milk with calcium and vitamin D is very important to develop strong bones, etc. A healthy diet is needed for the growth of your baby and avoiding many pregnancy complications.
This above article gives you a detailed look about the week-by-week development of your baby. So you can pass weeks of pregnancy with enough essential information to create the best aid for the child's growth.
