Pregnancy Week 11 (11th week of pregnancy): Do good for yourself and the baby!

You are now in the 11th week of pregnancy (SSW 11). Maybe you feel it yourself: Towards the end of trimester 1, the pregnancy hormones slowly settle down. But that does not mean that it can not come at any time to unexpected emotional outbursts. Your unborn baby looks more and more like a real person who can even drink, namely the amniotic fluid in your stomach. The risk of miscarriage continues to decline.

Now you should consider, together with your partner, whether the voluntary first-trimester screening is for you and talk about it with your doctor or midwife. Read more about that below.

This is how the baby develops in the 11th week of pregnancy

The fetus in your stomach is now three to four inches tall (crown-rump-length).

A real layer of skin covering the child now, which is in the next weeks of pregnancy through new layers of skin even thicker. There are already small nipples on the chest.

Arms and legs now correspond to the later proportions, they grow from now on a little slower. However, the little head remains oversized.

In the 11th week of pregnancy, tiny fingernails grow on the fingers and under the gum the attachments for the milk teeth are formed.

The unborn child already has eyelids? however, they are still closed. Only from the 24th week of pregnancy, the eyes of the fetus begin to open.

Your child can now open his mouth and is already swallowing amniotic fluid from your uterus, which excretes it via the kidney and bladder.

This happens in the 11th week of pregnancy with your body

Your body in the third month of pregnancy (SSW 9 - 12).

By the end of the first trimester, most women have gone through pregnancy symptoms, such as the hated nausea. The pregnancy hormones have settled somewhat, nevertheless it can further lead to mood swings.

The body is still working at full speed, yours Blood volume continues to rise, so slowly there is one increase in weight and Circulatory problems or tiredness are a regular companion. We advise you to be patient with you and treat you well. Any form of stress not only harms you but also the baby's development.

SSW 11: That's it

First Trimester Screening: A Voluntary Thing

At the beginning of your pregnancy, your gynecologist or midwife will give you an overview of the fixed checkups in each trimester to the birth of the child. During these appointments, your health and the development of the child are controlled and the costs are borne by your health insurance.

There are, however, further, optional, the so-called prenatal Diagnosis, These prenatal examinations are a bit more time-consuming and are mainly used to find out whether the unborn child may have a disability, The costs are usually not borne by the health insurance. They belong to the so-called individual health services (iGeL).

For example, prenatal diagnosis includes Skin fold measurement, also called nuchal translucency measurement. If you choose, it is usually done between the 11th and 14th week of pregnancy. It should provide information about whether the unborn child Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) or another genetic defect is present. To do this, a specially trained physician measures the thickness of the fluid area in the neck of the fetus. The neck pleat measurement is considered very safe, because the required data are determined by ultrasound? it is therefore not penetrated in the stomach as in a amniotic fluid examination (amniocentesis).

Whether you want to do the neck pleating or not depends so much on how you feel about disability. Do you want to know it in advance? Are you worried about the topic or do you prefer to send it to you? Talk to your partner and doctor about it? also about the costs. In the end, it's all up to you.

Our pregnancy tip: take care of your stomach!

Stretch marks are a widespread but rather unloved consequence of pregnancy. They arise because the skin is greatly stretched and the connective tissue breaks in some places. Of course this applies especially to the stomach. You can try to prevent stretch marks by using yours Oil the belly regularly and apply cream.

Many women swear by it, because it makes the skin softer and more flexible. Apart from that, it also works just fine to care for the body and to massage at the same time. A guarantee is not it? because it is also a matter of predisposition, whether a woman gets stretch marks or not.So do not fret too much, if here and there a bit of tissue flatten? your body is doing incredible things, you really have every reason to be proud of it!

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