Pregnancy, Week By Week Symptoms: The Fourth Month

By the thirteenth week we enter the second quarter of gravidenza: the baby now growing more slowly. The eyes begin to approach each other and the bones go from hard to soft and flexible. Eyelashes and eyebrows begin to erupt. The placenta is fully functional and intestines of the baby begins to release its first waste liquid, called meconium. Women are dying in the nausea that characterized the first three months as the uterus continues to grow going to put pressure on the bladder. The stretching of the ligaments surrounding the uterus may cause abdominal pain, especially when you get up.

In the fourteenth week of pregnancy may begin to feel the first movements of the Child. The external genitalia are now much more evident and therefore it’s time to discover the sex of your baby. The woman’s belly begins to grow in a clear manner.

In the fifteenth week the baby is about 10 cm long and weighs about 50 g. The baby’s skin begins to become covered with cloth, which serves to maintain a constant body temperature and which disappear before birth. She continues to gain weight and this can lead to cramping, tingling or a feeling of pressure on one or more parts of the abdomen.

In the sixteenth week the baby is moving more freely, can shake hands, kicking or doing somersaults. You can respond to visual stimuli and acquired reflexes of sucking, swallowing and blinking. In women, the mammary glands begin to produce milk and the breast becomes soft and swollen. Started to feel back pain and is likely to feel awkward, with a difficulty in movement. The skin will start to pull and stretch marks may appear.