Pregnancy Week 15 -Time To Experience Some Uncommon Symptoms

This is one of the first stages of pregnancy that can give vital information about the sex of your baby.

Though it is not 100% accurate, the pregnancy ultrasound examination can give results related to your baby’s sex within few weeks.

You will know whether the child inside you is a boy or girl. Also, you will come across various changes during this week.

What are the physical changes that occur in your body during pregnancy week 15?

You will feel that your ligaments are stretching in your stomach. Whenever the uterus expands, the ligaments that hold the uterus stretch to accommodate its growth. This process can lead to cramps, twinges and pulling sensation on one or both sides of your lower abdomen. Warm bath can help to relieve from the symptoms.

Your uterus starts growing past your hip bones any moment from now. Also, you can feel this at three to four inches below the navel. Your doctor will measure the “fundal height” in order to ensure that your baby is developing adequately and consistently. Fundal height is the space between the top of the uterus and the pubic bone.

Symptoms that you will experience during pregnancy week 15:

During pregnancy week 15, some women start to experience some sudden side effects, for instance, excessive salvation. Generally, this is an uncommon condition during pregnancy. It can cause inconvenience during some times.

Some women experience stuffy nose during pregnancy week 15. This is mainly due to the swelling of mucus membranes in the nose and because of increased hormonal production. During pregnancy, women are more prone to common diseases because the immune systems are compromised during this period.

Urinary tract infection is also a common condition during pregnancy, but this is not the case with all pregnant women. This condition results due to the relaxation of ureters muscles because of the increased progesterone levels. The compression of the uterus causes the urine to flow more slowly from the bladder, which lead to the accumulation of bacteria.

Care you need to take during pregnancy week 15:

• In order to prevent urinary tract infection, drink 8-10 ounce glasses of water daily, wipe yourself from front to back while washing private areas and pass the urine whenever you feel the urge.
• To prevent the formation of bacteria in the urinary tract, drink cranberry juice.

What are the changes that occur in the fetus during pregnancy week 15?

• By this week, your little one is about the size of four inches long and weighs about three and half ounces.
• Whenever you sneeze, cough or laugh, you will notice the little kick or a poke. Most of the women don’t feel it until 17th week of pregnancy. Kicking and poking are the reactions that your baby makes when he/she reacts to the outside events.
• Your baby’s knees and elbows are about to bend more freely by this week. The legs become longer than the arms.
• Most of the essential organ systems will grow in capacity. The heart and the complex circulatory system circulate about 25 quarts of blood per day. By the end of the pregnancy, this number becomes 200 quarts per day.
• By this week, new scalp patterns begin to develop on the baby’s head. But, there will not be any development of actual head hair.
• The development of muscles and skeletal system continues this week and your baby makes various movements with his/her mouth, head, arms, hands, legs, wrists and feet.
• The taste buds start to develop. Sweat glands will appear.

Fact for pregnancy week 15:

Most of the women complaint that pregnancy makes them clumsy, forgetful and unable to concentrate. For this, you need to decrease the stress levels in your life as possible as you can and take out the mental lapses, as they are only temporary ones.

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