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Week 14
- Appetite increases
- Abdomen grows slowly
- leg cramps
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Week 16
- Stuffy nose
- Sensitive gums
- Dark spots on the skin may form
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Week 14
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Week 24
- Difficulty sleeping
- Weight gain by this time may total to about 10 or 12 pounds
- Carpal tunnel syndrome may flair
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Weeks 1-2
- The mom isn't actually pregnant.
- The OBYGN counts pregnancy as 40 weeks from the start of the last mensural cycle.
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Weeks 1-2
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Weeks 3-4
- Possible missed period
- Cramping
- Pregnancy test measures HCG hormone levels
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Weeks 5-6
- Breasts may become tender and enlarged
- Morning sickness/nausea/vomiting
- Mood swings
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Weeks 5-6
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Weeks 7-8
- Heartburn
- Extreme tiredness
- Bloating
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Week 10
- Little weight gain in the mother (2-4 pounds)
- Pregnancy acne
- Breasts may feel fuller
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Week 10
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Week 12
- More frequent urination
- Indigestion
- Gas
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Weeks 18-19
- Stretch marks may appear on the skin
- Heartburn
- Trouble sleeping
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Weeks 18-19
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Weeks 20-21
- Clumsiness
- Loose ligaments
- Reduce fatigue
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Week 22
- Shortness of breath
- Fast-growing hair and nails
- belly button may poke out
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Week 22
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Weeks 28-29
- Increased abdomen may affect posture
- Growing stretch marks -Breasts may leak
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Weeks 31-32
- Backaches and fatigue
- Leg cramps
- Shortness in breath
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Weeks 36-37
- Still feels stretches and movements of the baby
- Insomnia
- Total weight gain of 25 to 35 pounds
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Week 34
- Fetal kicks interrupt sleep
- Braxton-Hicks contractions
- Pelvic pain
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Week 34
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Weeks 38-40
- Braxton-Hicks contractions
- Lightening felt-decreased pressure on lungs + organs
- The mother has been carrying the baby full term
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Weeks 38-40
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Week 11
- Can hear baby's heartbeat with ultrasound
- Constipation
- Increased heart rate