Pregnancy Week 10 – The End Of Embryonic Period

Posted on Jun 20, 2008 | Comments 0

week 10 By this week, you will find some relief from morning sickness, but you still appear as tired, moody and nauseated. You may begin to notice some blotchiness on your face. You can also recognize the skin problems to the changes in your body’s level of hormones.

What are the physical changes that occur in your body during pregnancy week 10?

During this week, there is more good news for moms-to-be. There is substantial growth in the placenta both in size and also in functioning. This changes some of the hormones in your baby’s body and finally it removes some of the hormonal burden on you.

Hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy can affect your gums and thus they become swollen and inflamed. This condition is called as pregnancy gingivitis. Usually this condition appears in between third to ninth month of your pregnancy.

This week, your pregnancy enters into more stable state and there is a smaller amount of shift in the hormone levels. There is 40-50% increase in your blood volume so that you will particularly notice the veins in your tummy, legs and breasts.

By this week, you can hear your baby’s heartbeat at the doctor’s office. By this week, your waistline slowly disappears.

Care you need to take during pregnancy week 10:

This week is an excellent period to schedule a dental appointment. Moms-to-be should pay proper attention to their oral health. If the pregnant women have periodontal diseases, then they are more likely to deliver a preterm and low birth weight baby [Prenatal care].
Along with regular dental check ups, you need to take adequate vitamins B, C and D and also calcium and proteins for the healthy teeth and gums [Essential prenatal vitamins].

What are the changes that occur in the fetus during pregnancy week 10?

The average size of your unborn baby is 27-35 millimeters and the baby weighs up to five grams.
Your tiny baby grows as fast as possible, almost doubles in the size in the past three weeks.
Your baby’s major organic systems emerge along with the working of digestive tract which is able to move the food all the way through their bowels.
By this week, your baby will get verifiable toes and fingers.
Baby’s eyelids will fuse and remain shutting until the weeks of 25-27.
The upper lip appears completely and the external genitals begin to appear.
Skeleton bones rapidly grow and the eyelids develop.
Pregnancy week 10 is considered as the end of the embryonic period, and the embryo acquires human appearance and from the next week onwards, your baby is considered as a fetus.
During this week, internal organs starts to develop and the essential organs like liver, kidney, brain and intestine start to function.

Fact for pregnancy week 10:

The period between 10-13 weeks is the time for having the test chronic villus sampling. If you consider this test, then you need to look for a hospital or center with a strong safety record and you need to wait until the 10th week of your pregnancy.

Avoid the exposure to second hand smoke. If you find yourself in the environment where people are smoking, then immediately move from there.