One Month Pregnant
Here is an abridged look at what happens when you are one month pregnant:
Pregnancy can be quite a confusing time for many women, as well as the father. First and foremost, you must determine if you are in fact pregnant, and this is usually done by taking an at-home pregnancy test or scheduling a visit with your doctor to confirm your pregnancy.
Generally, you will want to wait until at least a week after missing your period, before taking a pregnancy test. This makes it much more likely that you won’t receive a false negative; this essentially means that the test says you are not pregnant, when you actually are.
Once you are sure that you are pregnant, you will go on both a both a physical and emotional roller coaster over the next 40 weeks, and well beyond. The first step you will need to take is to begin educating yourself about the changes your body will go through and how to eat a healthy and balanced diet (Best Foods To Eat While Pregnant)
1st Month Of Pregnancy
The conception of your baby will generally occur within 24 hours after you have started to ovulate. This means that the egg you have released from your ovary has been fertilized by the sperm. Now that the egg has been fertilized, it will implant itself into your uterus, which will allow it to receive all of the essential nutrients that your baby will need to thrive over the next 40 weeks.
The normal process of your menstrual period requires that an unfertilized egg is shed whenever you have your period. However, since the egg was fertilized, you will of course miss your next menstrual period, one of the most prominent symptoms that you are pregnant.
What You May Experience In The First Month Of Pregnancy
Many of the symptoms of early pregnancy can be quite difficult for most women to notice. This can include tender breasts, fatigue, and nausea that may or may not involve vomiting.
You may even notice some light bleeding whenever the egg has implanted itself in your uterus, and this is known as “implantation bleeding”. However, this type of spotting does not occur in a majority of pregnant women
In most cases a woman will not know she is pregnant until she has actually missed her period.
How Your Baby Is Developing
In the first month your baby is known as a blastocyst and is only about .2 mm big. The placenta is beginning to develop and will eventually become the life-support that your baby depends upon to grow healthy and strong throughout your pregnancy.
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