well-being timeline
The First Trimester Month 1: Weeks 4-8 This is the time to establish healthy habits: • Maintain a balanced and nutritious diet. • Begin taking a prenatal vitamin if you are not already doing so. exercise regimen. While you may want to shout your news
to the world, many women choose to wait until the second or third month, when the risk of miscarriage is not as high. Ask around healthcare provider and make a prenatal eight weeks.
Month 2: Weeks 8-12 early in the second month if you haven’t had it already. Depending on your history and menstrual cycles, your provider may order an ultrasound. She will recommend a panel of blood work and urine tests, including tests summer months. You will have the option to
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do testing for Down syndrome and other abnormalities, which is done as early as 10 to 12 weeks. Your provider should be able to hear
your baby’s heartbeat around this time as well! Although it can be a very happy time, periencing morning sickness. Hang in there, and make sure to talk to your provider, es pecially if your symptoms are severe. From month two through month seven she will likely see you once per month, so make tions and concerns between appointments to jog your memory when you see her.
Month 3: Weeks 12-16 You may start to show as you enter your second trimester. Your morning sickness may be getting better and you should gain for a normal pregnancy. If you haven’t announced your good news yet to friends and family (and to your employer), now may be a good time since the risk of mis carriage is much lower.
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