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