Pregnancy Week 16: Development of the baby and Change to Mother

Development of the Baby

1. The baby is about 12cm in length and has a weight of about 60g.

2. The baby is now able to play with himself and his toy is the umbilical cord. Sometimes, he grasps it; sometimes, he pulls it. This may affect the amount of the oxygen and nutrient delivered to the baby. However, this is usually not a cause of concern.

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Pregnancy Week 15: Development of the baby and Change to Mother

Development of the Fetus

1. The fetus is about 10cm in length and has a weight of about 45g to 50g.

2. Fetus's skin is thin and transparent which allow the blood vessel to be seen clearly.

3. Eyebrow starts to grow.

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Pregnancy Week 14: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Fetus

1. The fetus is now about 9 cm in length and has a weight of about 28g.

2. His or her hair starts to grow rapidly. There may be a change in the color and density of the hair.

3. Fetus is able to perform many tasks in the womb such frowning or sucking his or her finger.

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Pregnancy Week 13

Development of the Fetus

1. The fetus is about 7.5cm in length and has a weight of about 20g.

2. The growth of the head of the fetus is now slower than other parts of the body.

3. Fingerprint, fingernail, vocal cord and teeth root start to grow.

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Pregnancy Week 12: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Fetus

1. The fetus is about 6.5cm long and has a weight of 14g.

2. Skeleton of the cartilage tissue will appear. Liver begins to produce blood cells and secrete bile.

3. Lung has been fully formed.

4. Fingers are separated from one another. Same goes to the toes.

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Pregnancy Week 11: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Fetus

1. The fetus is now about 4 to 6cm long and has a weight of about 10g to 12g. Growth of the baby will accelerate this week.

2. The reproductive organs become more evident.

3. Teeth, hair follicles of the skin will appear at this stage. At the same time, bone cells continue to develop and the bones start to harden due to the precipitation of the calcium.

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Pregnancy Week 10: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

DEVELOPMENT OF THE FETUS

1. The fetus is now about 4 cm long.

2. The head is significantly larger than other part of the body. The fetus also starts to look like a normal human being.

3. Development of the fetus's wrist and feet have completed.

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Pregnancy Week 9: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Embryo

1. The fetus is now about 2.5cm in length.

2. The embryonic tail disappears around this week.

3. At this moment, you are still unable tell the gender of the fetus.

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Pregnancy Week By Week

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Pregnancy Week 8: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Embryo

1. The length of the fetus is about 2 cm long.

2. The fetus starts to have smelling sense. Arms, legs and neck become longer.

3. The fetus' two hands are resting on the abdomen. It may appear that the fetus is swimming.

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Pregnancy Week 7: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Embryo

1. The embryo is now about 1.2 cm to 1.6cm in length. The head is becoming bigger and bending towards the chest.

2. Early form of nostril, hands and feet is appearing. Outline of the nervous system is in near completion.

3. Bone cells begin to develop.

4. Early form of the reproductive organs also appears.

Read further for change to expectant in week 7 of pregnancy.

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Pregnancy Week 6: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Embryo

1. The embryo is now about 1 centimeter long, its back is curved, this makes it look like a little tadpole.

2. Cellular and lens of the eye start to grow, the germs of the hands and feet gradually appear.

3. Early form of the arm, liver, pancreas, thyroid, lung and heart starts to appear.

Read further here on what happen to mother in pregnancy week 6 and pregnancy week by week for other weeks. 

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Pregnancy Week 5: Development of the Embryo and Change to Mother

Development of the Embryo

1. Length of the embryo is about 0.6cm.

2. Embryo has three layers called endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm. Endoderm will be developed to become lung, stomach, colon, liver, pancreas, urinary bladder, the lining of the urethra, thyroid, pharynx and intestines. Mesoderm will be developed to become skeleton muscles, the dermis of the skin, the crystal lens of eye, heart, spleen and connective tissue as well as urogenital system. The outermost layer will be developed to become central nervous system, the lens of the eyes, epidemics, hair, breast, nail and mammary glands.

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Shortness of breath During Pregnancy

It is very common for pregnant women to experience shortness of breath especially during the third trimester.

This is because the growing uterus puts pressure on the diaphragm which makes breathing difficult. Sometimes, when you breathe, you will feel that the air is not completed inhaled into your lung. Other than that, more oxygen is needed during pregnancy to support not only the mother but also the baby, this can indirectly cause shortness of breath for some expectant mothers.

Read further on how to relieve shortness of breath 

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Leg and Foot Cramp During Pregnancy

Leg and Foot Cramp is a sudden, sharp pain in your calf muscle or feet. It usually occurs at night.

Read further on why leg and foot cramp occurs, how to prevent leg and foot cramp and what to do when leg and foot cramp occurs

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Heartburn During Pregnancy

Many women get heartburn during pregnancy. It occurs because the acid in the stomach seeps backwards into the esophagus.

Reminder: Do consult your pharmacist or doctor if you want to take some suitable medicine for heartburn.

Read further on how to relieve heartburn during pregnancy

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Prevent constipation after delivery

Lack of fibre in the diet, staying in bed for too long causing the slow down of the movement of intestine and frequent sweating of the mother can all lead to constipation in the mother after delivery.

Learn how to prevent constipation after delivery here:
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Dizziness or Faint During Pregnancy

During pregnancy, more blood will flow towards the uterus but the return of blood to the upper part of your body is slowed down. This reduces the blood flow to the brain and therefore may cause dizziness or faint. Another cause of dizziness during second trimester is that your growing uterus put pressure the on blood vessel which then slow down the flow of blood to the brain.

Read further on how to prevent dizziness or faint during pregnancy and what to do when dizziness or faint occurs during pregnancy

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Avoid decoration during pregnancy

Interior decoration can generate a lot of pollutants which can be very harmful to the expectant mothers and babies. To prevent any miscarriage or abnormality in the newborns, expectant mothers should avoid moving to newly decorated houses or doing any interior decoration work during pregnancy.

Read further here on why you should avoid decoration during pregnancy
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Cramp or Abdominal Pain during Pregnancy

Many pregnant women will experience cramping during pregnancy and this is usually a big concern for the pregnant women and her family members. In many cases, cramping or abdominal pain will need medical attention immediately while some occasional cramping is just normal during pregnancy.

Read further to learn when to see doctor for cramping or abdominal pain and what are the causes of the normal cramping and abnormal cramping. 

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Pregnancy Week By Week

Pregnancy Week By Week: Detailed Description of Weekly Change to Pregnant women and baby:

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Alcohol Affects Fertility

Fertility in both women and men can be affected by alcohol which can then have an impact your attempt to conceive a child. It may also have a negative impact on the development of the foetus even conception is successful. Couples should try to quit alcohol consumption when they try to conceive a child.

Learn more about how alcohol affect fertility here:

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Oyster - The best fertility food

Oyster is probably the best fertility food that is known.

Find out more about how Oyster can boost fertility here:

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Fertility - Best Age For Woman to Have Baby

Experts in fertility think that the best age for women to have baby is from 24 to 29. Read further here to learn why these ages are the best for women to have baby.

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Fertility - Best Age for Man to Have Baby

The best age for man to have baby is from 30 to 35. The sperms quality will peak at the age of 30 and the motility of the sperms is very high. After this age, vitality of the sperms will drop and the sperm counts will be reduced.

Read further to learn why 30 to 35 is the best ages for men to have baby

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Fertility Monitoring - Basal body temperature

Female will only ovulate once in a month in which an egg is released. If you want to have a child, it will be good if you know when you or your partner will ovulate so that you can time the sex according. Monitoring or charting basal body temperature is the simplest and easiest way to predict roughly when the female will ovulate.

Read further here on how to make use of Basal body temperature to help to improve your chance of conception.

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Vitamin D and fertility

Vitamin D is an important nutrient for fertility. An improvement in vitamin D level in human body has been found to improve the fertility. Some doctors even suggest that couples should try to increase their vitamin D level in their bodies before going for some infertility treatments such as IVF.

Read further here about how vitamin D is important to the fertility

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Reading Fairy Tale to Your Child

Reading story to your kid is one of the best ways to teach your child about the right or wrong, good or bad about many things in life. Fairy tale can also help to develop your child's imagination and language skill. Good story can have a positive impact on the child.

Read further here on how to read fairy tale to your child and what are the benefits. 

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Honey is not suitable for babies

Honey is very nutritious and delicious, but it is not suitable for babies. Food poisoning may occur when babies consume the honey, it is therefore important for parent to avoid feeding babies who are below one year old with honey.

Find out how the harmful bacterial Clostridium botulinum make honey unsuitable for babieshere:http://www.babyment.com/infant/honeynotbaby.php

Thrush - An Oral Infection in Baby

Thrush is a common oral infection in infants. Affected infants will have patches of white coating inside the mouth. These white patches can be found on the inside of the cheeks, on the tongue, on the roof of the mouth, lips or gums. Usually these white patches of coating cannot be easily rubbed away. If you force to wipe them away, affected area may bleed or leave behind painful ulcers.

Read further on how to differentiate it from milk residue and how to prevent and treat thrush. 

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Enlarged Breast in infant and Milky substance from nipple

Almost all new born, boy or girl will see enlarged breast. This will be more noticeable for the baby boy. In some cases, you will see some milky substance from the infants' nipple. All these are common and normal, it usually occurs one week after birth, parents do not need to worry.

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Anemia or Iron-Deficiency During Pregnancy

Anemia may be developed when you are pregnant. During pregnancy, your body needs more blood in order to support you and the growth of the baby. If you are not getting enough nutritions such as iron, folate, or vitamins, your body is then unable to produce the sufficient red blood cells that are needed. Most expectant mothers suffer from the iron-deficiency anemia.

Read further to learn about symptom of anemia and how to deal with anemia during pregnancy
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How to Hire a Transfer Maid in Singapore?

Do you know hiring a transfer maid can save you and maid a lot of money? Find out How to Hire a Transfer Maid in Singapore here:
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Do you know only 60% of couple succeed in having babies after half an year of trying

Do you know only 60% of couple succeed in having babies after half an year of trying? Learn more about how long it takes to conceive here.
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How to Stop Your Breast From Producing Milk Naturally

Most doctors in Singapore will not prescribe medicine to stop breast from producing milk. Some claim that the available medicine may have some undesirable side effects. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, however, will be able to give you some traditional Chinese medicine to help you to stop the milk production.

If you want to stop the milk naturally, you may consider the following:

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Child Health Care - Look out for food allergies

Food allergy refers to an adverse immune response triggered by some food like peanut, egg or milk. Food allergy can sometimes cause serious illness and therefore deserve our serious attention.

Read further about common food allergies.
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"poop" during feeding or immediately after feeding

Some babies may "poop" during feeding or immediately after feeding. Find out more about this here:
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Hand and Foot Jittering of Newborn Baby

Some infants, after birth, will see their hands or feet jittering. Some parents are very worried that this has to do with convulsion. In fact, it is normal to see your baby jitter.

Take a look here to understand why newborn baby will demonstrate hand and foot jittering.

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Nose Bleeding During Pregnancy

During pregnancy, it is more likely for expectant mothers to suffer from nosebleed. This is because during pregnancy, there is an increase in the hormone estrogen in the body. Take a look here for details what to do and how to prevent nose bleeding during pregnancy.

How to ease headache during pregnancy

Headache during pregnancy is common and is mainly caused by the hormon level change in mother. Learn how to ease headache during pregnancy here:
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Factors that affect your child's speech development

Read here about various factors that affect your child's speech development:

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How to increase breast milk supply

First and foremost is to ensure that the breast receive enough stimulation. Take a look for more details about how to increase breast milk supply.
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Relevant Cost of Hiring a Maid in Singapore

This article shows all relevant costs of hiring a maid in Singapore. Cost will include: agent fee, performance bond, insurance fee, placement fee, monthly salary, utility fee and medical expenditure. Take a look on relevant cost of hiring a maid in Singapore for details:
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