Pregnancy Development on Week 7

Embryo growth

How is the development of the fetus 7 weeks of my pregnancy?

In the development of a 7-week fetus, your baby is as big as a green apple seed and doubled the length of last week, which is 1.27cm.

Your baby is struggling to adapt to life in the womb. Within this week, the placenta that connects you to your baby during pregnancy has been formed. This arid will provide oxygen, nutrition, and sewage for babies. In addition, the baby's lungs and digestive system are slowly forming.

You might be looking forward to seeing your baby's face when he is born. This moment is still a long time ago. However, at this time the baby's face is in the process of being formed. The contours of the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and several other features on the baby's face will begin to form this week.

Also in this 7-week fetal development, the baby's arms will begin to form and will look like small oars.

Changes in the Body

What are the changes in the body of a pregnant woman in the 7th week?

Pregnancy will change your cervix. During this week, your uterus will continue to grow and the amniotic plug will form. This stopper functions to protect your uterus and controls the opening / opening of the uterus. Stoppers will continue until your cervix is ​​open and you are preparing to give birth.

Maintain a pregnancy that runs 7 weeks

If you have been pregnant before, your stomach may be bigger than your previous pregnancy, and pregnancy symptoms will also appear earlier in this pregnancy. This is called the warming effect.

Simply put, just as a rubber ball will be easier to blow it becomes bigger after the second or third time. Likewise with your stomach. The uterus will be more easily stretched and enlarged if you have ever been pregnant. Your stomach and ligament muscles have stretched before, so this time it's easier to do it again.

However, the enlarged uterus in a short period of time can cause symptoms such as a depressed pelvis and back pain, which will begin to be felt since the beginning of pregnancy compared to the first pregnancy.

Visit to Doctor / Midwife

What do I need to discuss with the doctor in the 7th week?

Ask your doctor, when is the best time for you to announce to friends and family that you are pregnant. There are many factors to consider.

Your health condition and your baby's development may determine when you can share this good news with everyone.

Tests that may be needed at gestational age 7 Sunday

The doctor will check your weight, blood pressure, and urine, measure waist circumference, check the position of the fetus, listen to the baby's heartbeat, and do other tests as needed. If needed, the doctor will monitor for complications that can arise in your pregnancy, so that they can be treated immediately.

Health & Safety

What do I need to know to maintain health and safety during pregnancy?

Some things that you should pay attention to in order to support the development of the fetus 7 weeks of pregnancy are:

1. Using too many computers

If you work with computers all day, you might wonder whether using a computer for a long time can harm you and your baby or not. For years, research with pregnant women using computers tried to find out whether there was a risk of miscarriages due to computer-generated electromagnetic fields.

The results showed that sitting in front of a computer for a long time would not increase the risk of miscarriage or cause a baby to be born with birth defects. However, of course sitting long when you are pregnant even though not in front of the computer is not good for blood circulation.

To promote blood circulation, stand or walk, and relax after hours sitting at the computer.

2. Exposure to cigarette smoke

Stay away from cigarette smoke. Smoking causes complications of the placenta which will reduce the baby's birth weight and affect the IQ of the baby. Scientists have not found evidence that becoming passive smokers can cause the same complications or not. However, we all know that tobacco is dangerous, so to be safer, be careful and avoid papara against cigarette smoke.

So, what will your fetus develop next week?