First Month Pregnancy Symptoms

Pregnancy is exciting! Here you will find the first month symptoms of pregnancy described from a physical and emotinal standpoint. Also, I will be describing the baby's development to the corresponding weeks.

Pregnancy Weeks 1 to 4

Physical

• Absence of menstruation

• Fatigue and sleepiness

• Frequent urination

• Nausea with or without vomiting

• Heartburn, indigestion, flatulence,and bloating

• Food aversions and cravings

• Breast changes

Emotional

• Symptoms comparable to PMS. Includes irritability, mood swings,and weepiness

• Feelings of joy,fear,elation,misgivings and a huge range of others

Baby

• By the end of the first month, your baby is a tiny embryo smaller than a grain of rice. Already there is a head, a heart that has begun to pump, and a brain. Arm and leg buds appear soon.

Pregnancy Weeks 5-8

Physical

• Fatigue and sleepiness-can be extreme

• Nausea with or without vomiting

• Food aversions and cravings

• Heartburn,indigestion,flatulence,and bloating

• Occasional headache

• Breast changes

Emotional

• Continued feelings of elation, fear,and joy

• Continued symptoms of irritability, mood swings,and weepiness

Baby

• Though only an inch long, the embryo now looks much more like a baby now.

• By the end of the second month, your baby's arms and feet(complete with finger and toes) have formed along with the eyes,ears,a nose,and tongue.

• All major body organs and systems are present, but still have a great deal of developing to do.

Pregnancy Weeks 9-13

Physical

• Fatigue and sleepiness

• Nausea with or without vomiting

• Constipation

• Continued breast changes

• Occasional headaches

• Tightness of clothing around the waist

• Increasing appetite

• Occasional faitness or dizziness

Emotional

• A new sense of calmess

Baby

• Your uterus is a little bigger than a grapefruit

• Your baby is about 2 1/2 to 3 inches long and weighs about 1 1/2 ounces by the end of the month