Hoje temos consulta. Vamos mostrar a eco das 9 semanas, as análises kilométricas e a citologia. E amanhã começamos o curso de movimento para grávidas.
Estamos prestes a entrar no segundo trimestre e este blog continua aqui.

Fetal Doppler

As pessoas perguntam se está tudo bem com a barriga. Eu própria já devo ter feito muitas e muitas vezes esta mesma pergunta. A verdade é que não sabemos, achamos que sim partindo do príncipio que nada de mau transpirou cá para fora.
Não podemos abrir a barriga e espreitar lá para dentro. Mais para à frente quando se começar a fazer sentir, já é um pouco diferente. Sentimos a sua força e rebeldia, os pontapés, os murros, os soluços.
Já tinha ouvido falar dos fetal dopplers. Sabia que havia por aí uns baratuxos. Procurei no ebay, comparei preços, li as reviews, vi os sites dos fabricantes e por cerca de 30€ encomendei um Angel Sounds que permite ouvir e gravar o batimento cardíaco do meu parasitazinho a partir das 12 semanas. Às vezes consegue ouvir-se mais cedo.
Eu ouvi às 11 semanas, mas estava lá tão longe e tão elusivo que acabei por achar que era algum eco do meu próprio bater de coração.
Ontem ouvi outra vez, agora com mais certezas. Comparei o da barriga com o do peito, eram muito diferentes. O da barriga pareciam mesmo cavalos a galope wuush wuush wuush :D

Semana 12

You are now 12 weeks pregnant, which is the start of week 13. This marks the end of the 1st trimester (or the first 3 months of pregnancy) and the beginning of the 2nd trimester (the second 3 months of pregnancy). It has now been 70 days since your baby was conceived and they measure about 7.6 cm (or 3.04 inches) and weigh approximately 30 grams (about 1 ounce). As your uterus grows upwards and out of the bones of your pelvis, the pressure is taken off your bladder and your waistline may start to thicken. Although not impossible, the threat of miscarriage now significantly subsides, as do some of the early physical signs of pregnancy for many women (such as tiredness and morning sickness).

Your baby's bones are now changing from being soft and flexible (made of cartilage) to being more hardened, as the centre of them 'ossifies'. Your baby is now capable of making creeping and climbing movements, although for most women their baby is still too small to be aware of them. Very fine whiskers of hair start to appear on your baby's upper lips and eyebrows.

The placenta is now fully functional but remains larger in size than the baby (until about 16 weeks). The placenta supplies your baby with oxygen, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals as well as removing carbon dioxide and waste materials, by 'filtering' or 'sieving' them through the placental tissues attached to the uterus. This intricate process is called 'diffusion' and the exchange is possible because the blood vessels of the mother and baby are incredibly close together, yet remarkably always stay separate.

The placenta is not a barrier, as once thought. It does allow most substances in the mother's blood stream to cross over into the baby's blood stream. These include alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, natural remedies, medications, drugs and viruses, possibly affecting their growth and development.

Your baby's bowels are now able to expand and contract (called 'peristalsis') and from now on they start filling with a black-green, tar-like substance that will be their first bowel motion passed after the birth, called 'meconium'.

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Se levarmos em consideração a velha teoria de que as meninas roubam a beleza às mães, é porque vem aí uma Oriana. Tenho tantas borbulhas que já nem sei de que cor é a minha cara... Damn those raging hormones!

Agora por onde ando as pessoas que me conhecem e até desconhecidos já percebem que estou grávida. Ora perguntam logo se estou grávida, ou se estou de bebé. Sentem-se culpadas por passarem à frente nas filas (oh mas está grávida... passe passe). Perguntam como está essa criança. De quanto tempo. E invariavelmente a segunda pergunta é sempre se é menino ou menina :)

Semana 11

You are now 11 weeks pregnant (63 days after conception), which is the beginning of week 12. Your baby is now around 5 cm long (or 2 inches) from crown to rump and weighing about 8 grams (or 0.28 ounces). Nearly doubling in size during the last week! By the end of this week your uterus will grow up out of the bones of your pelvis. If you see your caregiver around this time for your first pregnancy visit, they should be able to just tip the top of your uterus (called the 'fundus'), by feeling your belly. If they use a special Doppler machine, they may also be able to detect your baby's heartbeat and let you hear it for the first time!

Your baby now has the early components of sucking and swallowing (although not mature until 24 to 28 weeks) and their taste buds are mature enough to taste the amniotic fluid that surrounds them. Your baby's kidneys are now functioning and secreting fluid into their bladder. Fluid they will soon pass as a type of 'urine' into the amniotic fluid. This cycle of swallowing and urinating amniotic fluid continues up until birth.

Your baby now starts breathing amniotic fluid into their lungs. This strengthens the muscle under them (called the 'diaphragm') and allows your baby to regularly practise rhythmic expansion of their lungs. Their stomach now produces gastric juices and they have about 20 baby teeth in their gums.

Your baby's sex organs are still developing but their typical male or female characteristics are not yet obvious to the naked eye. Under the influence of increased testosterone for boys (or the lack of testosterone for girls), the sex organs now start to take their individual shape. The gonads move into place as either testes or ovaries, the 'shaft' of tissue in the middle either enlarges to become a penis or reduces in size to become a clitoris (usually by 15 weeks) and the bags of tissue on each side become either scrotum or labia.

Your baby's movements now become more coordinated and purposeful. Although not common, a few women will sense their baby moving as early as 12 weeks. Regular movement is now important for your baby's growth and development. Without it their muscles would waste, their joints would seize and their bones would become brittle and liable to break. Therefore movement of some description will now become a daily part of your unborn baby's life (when they are awake!)

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