Bonitas Member Magazine 2018 - B-Living Issue 1 | Page 10

Understanding your trimesters A typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, from the first day of your last menstrual period to the birth of your baby. It is divided into three stages, called trimesters. 1st First trimester 1 to 13 weeks What you’ll experience • Extreme fatigue • Breast tenderness • Nausea or morning sickness • Cravings or aversion to certain foods • Mood swings • Headache • Heartburn Your baby’s development • Nervous system (brain and spinal cord) has begun to form • Heart has begun to form • Fingers, toes and facial features are developing • Sex organs begin to form Page 9 2nd 3rd Second trimester: 13 to 28 weeks Third trimester: 28 to 40 weeks What you’ll experience • Morning sickness and fatigue will lessen or go away completely • Abdominal aches due to abdomen stretching • Your baby bump will show • Your baby moving Your baby’s development • Skin begins to form and is nearly translucent • Meconium develops in your baby’s intestinal tract – this will be your baby’s first bowel movement • Your baby is more active – you You might feel movement or kicking • Eyebrows, eyelashes, fingernails, and toenails have formed – your baby can even scratch itself What you’ll experience • Abdominal aches • Fatigue • Heartburn • Braxton Hicks contractions • Stretch marks • Backache • Crazy dreams • Clumsiness • Frequent urination and lack of bladder control Your baby’s development • Your baby’s bones are soft but fully formed • Movements and kicking increase • The eyes can open and close • The protective waxy coating (vernix) thickens • Body fat increases