We continue advancing in our review of pregnancy week by week and we have already reached the second trimester. Today we will talk about the week 13 of pregnancy.
The baby in the 13th week of pregnancy
Our precious baby continues to grow in the womb, playing and moving, beginning to explore and in a process of change and development very fast.
We arrive to week 13, already immersed in the second trimester of pregnancy. The fetus will weigh between 20 and 25 grams and will measure about seven or eight centimeters. A miniature human being.
Its head is still disproportionate but each time we will see how the relative size is more balanced with respect to the rest of the body during the second trimester. The rapid growth continues, the cells increase and the organs are forming more and more perfectly.
In this week 13 of pregnancy The baby's fingers are already perfectly separated, he has flexibility in his knees and elbows and he even gets to be able to suck his finger perfectly.
The intestines are already in the internal part of the body, inside the abdomen of the fetus and not inside the umbilical cord.
The amount of amniotic fluid will increase and the baby has plenty of room to move although it may take a little longer to notice and many of his movements are not controlled.
Although his skin, in the week 13 of pregnancy, it is still transparent and will start to accumulate fat under it and from now on it will be harder and harder to see through it.
It will also increase the density of your bones and changes in facial features will become increasingly evident.
The brain continues to develop and organize, the differentiation of both hemispheres being evident, which will control the opposite part of the body in addition to some specific areas of thought that are located in each of them.
From the week 13 of pregnancy the great explosion of the nervous system is coming. First the fetus will develop the nerves that control the movement to soon also develop its senses.
It is important to help the healthy development of the fetus with correct health habits, rest and avoiding stress.
Changes in mom in week 13 of pregnancy
Although the 13th week of pregnancy a bulky belly does not appear yet if it begins to become evident and the widening of the body that changes to make room for the growing baby.
It is very possible that the tight clothes that the mother wore before pregnancy no longer serve her and she has to start wearing wider clothes. It is time to buy, possibly, wider dresses or pants that can widen your waist as ours grows.
Since the organs are moving it is normal to feel some discomfort when breathing or at meals, which is also relieved with clothes that do not tighten in the abdomen.
The nausea, fatigue and dizziness are very likely to have disappeared and the mother now enjoys a few weeks in which she feels full of energy and vitality. Week 13 can be a time to enjoy our pregnancy special.
after visiting the 13th week of pregnancy We will continue in the next few days in our pregnancy review week by week discovering how the baby and his mother are changing, growing, getting excited and communicating.
