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FIRST QUARTER

The cycle of nine months of pregnancy are divided


into three-month periods called trimesters . The first
quarter begins at the moment of conception , when
the egg and sperm come together for the first time and
runs until the 12th week of pregnancy
The uterine wall thickens and vascularization . The
placenta and cord begin to form. Chorionic
gonadotropin , which is detectable in the urine
secreted confirming pregnancy . The uterus is the size
of a ping -pong .
FIRST MONTH
The umbilical cord has its final shape. The amniotic
fluid protects the fetus , constant temperature and
facilitating their movements. The uterus is the size of a
tennis ball .
SECOND MONTH
The uterine cavity is filled with amniotic fluid that is
constantly renewed. The placenta is small but does the
job of exchange of nutrients and waste products and
secretion of estrogen and progesterone.
THIRD MONTH
The metabolism is adapted to feed , hormones cause a
kind of very beneficial for early fatigue ( force him to
rest ) , and breasts are beginning to prepare for
breastfeeding.
These organic changes cause certain characteristic
symptoms that appear from the early days : sleepiness,
fatigue, chest tightness
More sleep.
Excessive sleep feel during the first few months is a
resource that will force the body to rest more hours .
So you get to save the energy needed to cope with the
enormous effort being carried out by the body to
manufacture the placenta and adapt to the demands
that have the fetus
The activity of certain hormones makes you often have
to empty the bladder even at such an early stage of
pregnancy, but the uterus is enlarged and press slightly
Dizziness and nausea.
The increased levels of certain hormones may affect
the brain where the vomiting and other hormones
regulate relax muscles in the digestive tract .
There is also a relationship with the emotional state
Tightness in chest .
The breasts become more sensitive and begin to grow
slightly , the areola around the nipple becomes more
pigmentation and blood vessels can be seen below the
skin.
EMOTIONAL CHANGES
A milestone this quarter will be the first ultrasound.
Hear the fetal heart and see what is happening inside
the mother may help the mother to accept more joy
the little annoyances that have appeared .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9-fDKr2npA

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literature
http://www.monografias.com/trabajos47/embarazo/e
mbarazo2.shtml#primer

http://www.ingesa.msssi.gob.es/estadEstudios/docum
Publica/internet/pdf/Manual_obstetricia_ginecologia.
pdf

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