{"id":1628,"date":"2022-04-22T05:43:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T05:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:45:38","slug":"the-first-trimester-of-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/the-first-trimester-of-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"The first trimester of pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the first trimester of pregnancy ?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This begins from the first day of your Last Menstrual Period ( LMP) till the end of the 13 th week of pregnancy . It begins even before you\u2019re actually pregnant .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are the changes in your body ?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You may have weakness and fatigue\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nausea with or without vomiting\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Breast heaviness and tenderness\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lower abdominal pain\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Increased frequency of urination\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Constipation and heartburn\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These symptoms may not be present and all may not be present necessarily .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are the expected changes in your baby ?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your baby develops from a fertilised egg to a ball of cells that looks like a mulberry to a fully formed fetus at the end of the 13 th week .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the embryo gets implanted in the uterus it shows numerous changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Your baby\u2019s spine and brain develops from an open neural tube .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The heart begins to take shape and heartbeat appears\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The digestive system and kidneys develop\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A soft skeleton starts to grow\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of the first trimester your little one starts looking like a baby and is 2.5-3 inches long .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are the red flag signs to watch out for ?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Severe abdominal pain\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Heavy bleeding or even brownish spotting\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fainting attacks or severe dizziness\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A rapid weight gain or too little weight gain\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Remember this time is a crucial time ; some girls may glow with happiness while others may feel terribly miserable .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meet your doctor by scheduling an Antenatal visit . Pregnancy is a long journey ; let\u2019s make a beginning positively and joyously .<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the first trimester of pregnancy ?\u00a0 This begins from the first day of your Last Menstrual Period ( LMP) till the end of the 13 th week of pregnancy . It begins even before you\u2019re actually pregnant .\u00a0   What are the changes in your body ?\u00a0 You may have weakness and fatigue\u00a0… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1629,"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions\/1629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drshellysingh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}