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Have you recently discovered you’re expecting a little one?
Don’t fret, Mama!
Weeks 1-4: Pregnancy or PMS?
Period pains or pregnancy?
According toHealthline, earlysigns of pregnancyvery closely mimic the symptoms triggered by PMS.
So it’s completely understandable that early pregnancy symptoms are often so easily confused with PMS.
In the first four weeks of pregnancy, your little one is a teeny-tiny grouping of cells.
According toWebMD, he or she is about the size of the head of a pin!Whaaa?
Your belly is growing bigger because your little one is, too!
According toBaby Center, by week seven, your uterus will have doubled in size!
Pre-K to kindergarten, high school to college, college to well, the real world.
But week 10 of your pregnancy can very well be considered your baby’s first graduation.
Because your little baby bun has finally graduated from an embryo to a fetus!
By week 11, your baby is the size of a lime.
In fact, your baby is a growing machine!
And a growing baby means a growing belly for Mommy.
Go ahead, Mama take that mirror selfie and show of your new (adorable) baby belly!
Weeks 15-19: Butterflies in your belly
Bye-bye, first trimester hello, second trimester!
And that’s not where the exciting news ends!
Nowthatgives a whole new meaning to having butterflies in your belly.
Weeks 20-24: Watch that belly grow!
You’ve reached the halfway point in your pregnancy.
AsWebMDpoints out, you’ve likely gained about 12 to 15 pounds by week 23 of your pregnancy.
Weeks 25-29: Hands off my belly!
A bun in the oven doesn’t give anyone entitlement to your body.
By week 29, you might notice signs ofpremature labor.
Weeks 30-34: Where are your feet and the cocoa butter?
You’re in the homestretch now!
According toWebMD, your baby likely measures about 18.9 inches long by week 32.
By week 34, your little one measures almost 20 inches long and is a whopping five pounds.
They grow up so fast!
Weeks 35-40: Hello, Baby!
Here it is the moment you’ve been waiting for!
You also may notice bloody discharge, loose stools, and of course contractions.
When those contractions occur at intervals of less than ten minutes, labor has likely begun!
Your delivery is divided into three stages.
In the first stage, your cervix will begin to dilate eventually dilating to ten centimeters!
During the third stage, you’ll deliver your placenta.
