7th week of pregnancy: give yourself rest!

You are now in the 7th week of pregnancy (7th week of pregnancy). So slowly you have become accustomed to the idea that there is a new person growing up in your body. Maybe you already in the initial examination seen on a ultrasound image the little worm and the tiny heart throb. A crazy moment!

But even if you would like to tell everyone about the news, wait a little longer. You are now in the middle of the first trimester and unfortunately this is still a phase in which the pregnancy is not yet stable. The Risk of miscarriage is quite high in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy? It can quickly happen that the body repels the fetus if it does not develop properly. If you have any bleeding during this time, you should definitely go to the gynecologist.

If your desire for children is very big, this time of waiting can be tough. But that 's why you should be with the Outing still waiting ? because in the case of a miscarriage, you certainly have no desire to explain yourself to all relatives and colleagues. Your closest confidant (husband, mother, best friend) you can of course the Announce pregnancy ? especially for any complaints and worries.

This is how the baby develops in the 7th week of pregnancy

This is what the embryo looks like in the 7th week of pregnancy.

But now we prefer to look at the beautiful pages of this pregnancy week: The embryo has in this SSW about the Size of a kidney bean.And on the little bean is already so much:

first Approaches of arms and legs are already recognizable. The embryo is still very curved and has a small tail at the end, but that will soon change. Because the extension disappears in the next weeks of pregnancy and forms back to the rump.
for example in face of the embryo. That begins to form in this SSW. Your baby has a little one now nose and also the eyelid folds are developing now.
many internal organs have already been created, such as the Stomach, pancreas and liver.
do the first muscle strands also form? the baby starts to move now! However, you will not feel it yet.
The brain of the embryo is developing rapidly. It already has three bulges that later become the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.

This happens in the 7th week of pregnancy with your body

Your body in the second month of pregnancy (SSW 5 - 8).

Externally, your pregnancy is not really something to see, but internally, your body is already totally in baby mode:

Yours uterus continues to expand to make room for the growing baby.
The blood volume In your body, your heartbeat and breathing speed up a bit. All in all, the body has a lot to do, so it's no wonder that if you get a bit short of breath with your efforts.
typical pregnancy signs nausea, fatigue, abdominal distension, heartburn, and mood swings are already noticeable. This is u.a. on the hormone conversion, which is completed towards the end of the first trimester. Then most of the pregnancy symptoms disappear.

But maybe you are lucky and you feel fit like a sneaker and hardly realize that you are pregnant (apart from the feeling of happiness).

That's what to do in the 7th week of pregnancy

When the emotions play crazy, it is advisable to give the body something Quiet to treat. Do good, sleep well (when the baby is first there, you will still have enough sleep) and treat yourself to daily rest breaks.

But that does not mean you just have to lie on the sofa? on the contrary! Sport in pregnancydoes pregnant women good? especially endurance sports, gymnastics or swimming. (Extreme sports should be better in the next few months.)

If you feel like it, you can also start one Pregnancy Diary respectively. It helps you to sort your thoughts and is a great reminder for later. In the pregnancy diary you can, for example, paste the pictures from the ultrasound examinations or enter the date of birth.

Please avoid!

It is also important in this sensitive phase of pregnancy that you risk factors out of the way. This includes:

Alcohol,
Smoking and
many medicines
certain foods such as raw meats, raw milk products and raw egg foods

toxoplasmosis

Risky for the unborn child is also an infectious disease called toxoplasmosis.It is transmitted by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This is harmless for people with a stable immune system, but it can seriously harm unborn baby, The pathogens can, for example, in cat feces are located. So if you have a cat, you should now no longer clean the cat litter yourself, Maybe it pays to think about putting the cat somewhere else during the pregnancy? In any case, when she is ill. You should as well no stray cats or other animalswho live outside, caressing.

However, toxoplasmosis can also be caused by foods which is why you should take good care of your diet during pregnancy. For example, raw meat can be parasites contain ? one more reason, in pregnancy by no meansraw meat (for example, Tartar) to eat and meat always good durchgaren while cooking.

If you already had the toxoplasmosis, you can not get infected with it again. To see if you are immune to toxoplasmosis or not, you can get tested by a gynecologist. However, not all statutory health insurance companies pay this Toxoplasmosis Test.