Pregnancy week 6
Signs of pregnancy during week 6 of being pregnant - You may begin to feel sick in the morning.
You
You may or may not be feeling too different, however you will probably be feeling tired and maybe irritable. You may notice your breasts are bigger and tender. The hormones flooding the body to help your baby grow may mean you may begin to feel sick in the morning, though many women have 'morning sickness' during the day. You may also wee more often as your womb swells and put pressure on your bladder. Avoid certain foods like raw or undercooked meat, soft cheeses or raw or runny eggs as these may contain bugs that could harm your baby.
Your baby
This week facial features are now beginning to appear. Folds on either side of the head mark your baby's ears and there are openings for the mouth and nostrils. The retinas of your baby's eyes are also developing. Your baby should measure about the same size as a grain of rice. Your baby's length is measured from the top of your baby's head to the bottom, known as crown-rump length. Your embryo will be visible on an ultrasound scan as a tiny blob, with distinct heart movements. The umbilical cord is now fully formed and so have the beginnings of fingers, toes and facial features. The embryo floats in a fluid-filled sac which contains all that is needed whilst the placenta is formed.
You may or may not be feeling too different, however you will probably be feeling tired and maybe irritable. You may notice your breasts are bigger and tender. The hormones flooding the body to help your baby grow may mean you may begin to feel sick in the morning, though many women have 'morning sickness' during the day. You may also wee more often as your womb swells and put pressure on your bladder. Avoid certain foods like raw or undercooked meat, soft cheeses or raw or runny eggs as these may contain bugs that could harm your baby.
Your baby
This week facial features are now beginning to appear. Folds on either side of the head mark your baby's ears and there are openings for the mouth and nostrils. The retinas of your baby's eyes are also developing. Your baby should measure about the same size as a grain of rice. Your baby's length is measured from the top of your baby's head to the bottom, known as crown-rump length. Your embryo will be visible on an ultrasound scan as a tiny blob, with distinct heart movements. The umbilical cord is now fully formed and so have the beginnings of fingers, toes and facial features. The embryo floats in a fluid-filled sac which contains all that is needed whilst the placenta is formed.
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I don't really have any symptoms either and its making me worried too! It's so difficult; should be counting my lucky stars not suffering from morning sickness but think it would reassure me if I had it??!
I was feeling the same. I was advised to take ginger tea in the mornings and have a couple of ginger biscuits in the afternoon it seems to have helped.
the nausea is terrible. i have bought the travel bands from boots and havent taken them off, i dont know if they are making me feel better but they certainly arent making me feel worse so am keeping them on...and i just had a pint of lemonade and for the first time in 3 days am feeling so much better.
l am so happy to be pregnant again.its now in its sixth week and always feeling sick in the morning.There is lot of preasure under my abdomen and it seems l will have to use the maternity clothes earlier than schedule.
By Anjy(Brasil)
I am (hopefully) six weeks pregnant this week. LOL. I went to the doc, and apparently I am so early that all we can see is the little "yolk sac" as the doc called it, so we're not really able to measure and see how far along I am. She guessed 5 weeks (last week). Which means I felt I was pregnant almost as soon as I was. I am soo not feeling good. But I am extremely excited to meet baby number 2 in about 8 months!!
I'm finally pregnant again. Tested using the pregnancy strip two days ago and saw a faint line. Wanna double confirm so DH bought a digital pregnancy test yesterday and tested this morning and yep! Confirmed I'm truly preggie! So happy! The last one ended with miscarriage at about 6 weeks +. And the one before that, I experienced stillbirth in my second trimester. It was a very devastating time for us. It took me a long time before I was ready to have another child again. After two years and now finally ready, I'm pregnant again. I'm really happy and excited about this pregnancy! I have a good feeling with this child. :) Btw, congrates to all you expectant mummies... :)
I went to doctor to have a urine test on 5/Apr, but i was not sure if that is going to be positive. When she said i am 6weeks pregnant i was surprised to know and happy too :) We are excited to have kid, this is my first time to have pregnancy. I am feeling more sleepy during day time from mid of this week. Is someone have this kind of experience? Please let me know.
Thanks
I am a few days off being 6 weeks pregnant but I have already put weight on, on the stomach, boobs and my face. Is this normal. I am normally classed as underweight. I am pregnant with my 1st child at 19.
Please help??
the hubby isnt so chuffed and doesnt want to know, do you think he'll come round??? i hope he does i really love him
I am 26 I have a 3yr old daughter a 2yr old daughter a 1yr old son and am now 7wks 2moro with baby no4. very excited! Happy we will have another addition next summer. I had a very small rounded belly with both girls by 12wks. Didn't show at all til 19wks with my son and this time i look bout 20wks gone!!! could we be in 4 another surprise there's twins on both sides ha ha. Have 1st scan on 16th Dec. Just wanted to tell some1 trying to keep it secret til after scan not sure if i can hide belly much longer.
I am in exactly the same situation as you, except I am 18. I am doing a mechanics course at college and I don't want to do too much heavy lifting so I am worried I won't be able to pass my course. Neither me or my boyfriend have jobs, and although we are both looking, there are very very few jobs going around the places where we live. Both our parents have said they would like to help us but I wouldn't want them to feel like we are using them.
If anyone had any tips for soph396 then I would very much appreciate you letting me know some things as well.
I'm 23 years old and expecting my 2nd, I am roughly 5/6 weeks pg at the moment... don't have any sickness yet just waking up extremely hungry, I have sore boobs but thats about is as far as symptoms go. from reading all these comments its amde me feel more at ease at this stage, alot of cramping bit of back ache, and me basically being evil lol!!
Hey katrina .. I have pcos too and I had a fairly normal pg with my 1st I was the same kept my weight down and had regular exercise so managed it well so had a healthy pg :-D it seems to have got worse tho after having gained half a stone but found out i was pg again, Just hope its another healthy one !
ive been so worried with the chance of mc as its like 50% more chance, hopefully the beanies will stick around congrats everyone.... bring on the bulging bumps :D xxxxx kelly
I'm also a nursing student, my Dr suggested me that I shouldn't be driving after 6 months. So I'm planning to take 1 year break.We were planning for this baby,so me and my hubby we are very excited about this whole thing.
@ debbi34.....if u r 6weeks now than you must be pregnant for sure because my test showed positive in 4 weeks.
@skyjoe..its completely normal to have a back pain and cramps but if your back pain is severe you might wanna a see the doctor.
i have missed my period on 28th july,now iam feeling like iam preagnant and ihave wi\hite spots around my nipples and i hve a pain in my stomach,ad i have running nose and i have lot of headache and my bach is paining alot and i do pass urine frequent times i get some white particles in my urine and i have decided that i am preagnant what do u say?
i stopped taking my pill at the end of may and my period came on time in june, now we are in july my period is 9 days late and my breasts are a bit sore. they are usualy a bit sore when my period is coming so how do i know if i am preganant could i just have a late period.
I just discovered yesterday I am 4 weeks pregnant and we are over the moon! The doctor has no concerns (which is a relief) so we are definitely looking forward to the future! My daughter wanted a little brother or sister for her birthday (Friday) and she is overjoyed with the news. My partner also got the best Father's Day present ever :)
I wish you all the best in your pregnancy and the future :)
btw to kc the first pregnancy test i did this time was negative waited a wk and a 1/2 then got a strong positive but i think u should defo see ur doctor and if uv got sore breasts constipation and settling in pains these r pretty strong signs so dont let them fob u off u know ur body gd luckxx
I'm 10days late for my period .. and i've had the whole sickness run down bug, where you feel like you have a cold and a constant headache. this has now gone. but i get the headache every so often. my boobs also feel like they have they're own heartbeat occasionally. my discharge has changed in drastic colour now to a pure white cream.. " sorry for the personal comment" i have abdominal pains every so often. and i'm feeling nausea over certain foods and my mood swings are terrible. But took a home pregnancy test today and it come back negative, i'm really confused cause all the signs ae they just not the test .. please help xx
I was bouncing off of the walls, am just so happy! Got it all confirmed at the doctors, was 6 weeks yesterday. I know its early days so maybe I should get my hopes up too much just yet but I just cant help it! :-D I totally agree with chicks comment "I'm 6 weeks and now have gone from 2 years of worrying to get pregnant to now 8 months of worrying if everything will be ok!!" I am soooooo the same! hehe.
counting down now til my first scan......cant wait! x x x x x x
Very minor cramps now, and a bit nauseous now and then. Worst thing is the tiredness and waking up in the nights with the sweats. Thought I had the flu at first!!
Pregnant and have now stopped but i'm very worried i might have harmed my baby. I went to the doc today and he said not to worry about the tablets or the cramping as its normal...but in the next breath he told me that 1 in 10 women miscarry b4 the 12th wk and that this is life! . Its reassuring to read that others have the cramping and all but i'm constantly checking myself to see if i'm bleeding now thanks to what he said. Has anyone else taken tablets before they found out the were pregnant and did everything turn out ok for them?
so we gave up. this year i think i have had early misscaririges before i've even had the chance to do a test, i asked my doc if the "unexplained" could actually be that i'm losing the baby so early on its going unnoticed, and she said it was possible. so when my period was late this month i left it a week and did a test and it was positive,( never had a positive one before) so i prepared my self to lose it.
but i'm feeling positive now. i've never had a positive test before, and never been this late before. i am tense, i get the occasional craps in my lower tummy which worry me. my boobs are fulll and sore and i'm not fancying food right now, i just managed a bit of pasta, for breakfast! lol and i have never felt sooo tired, but i'm liking it because i no it means i'm really pregnant, and thats great! I just want to know if these stomach pains are normal, they are like mild period pains and almost in my groin/lower tummy. only short pains not constant. abit like trapped wind, which it could very well be. i think i'm going to get an early scan to be safe, i just want to confirm its there and alive and growing and its little poppy seed heart is beating then i can relax and enjoy being pregnant, something i've been wishing for for 5 years. congratulations to you all, my fingers are crossed for you all. xxxxx
im also young so your not alone! im 19 almost 20..
i think you are very brave. i think its best to ask your doctor what would be best for you two. you want a healthy baby no matter what. they might have to hospitalize you for awhile to keep an i on baby. i was hospitalized for two days because i have an infection in my uterus but they think it should be fine.
i wish you luck! young moms can be good moms too :)
im just got to be 6 weeks with my first! so im more than worried that anything and everything could go wrong. they havnt heard the heart beat yet which worries me but they said it could just be because im super early. just stressing!
pregnancy is so much different when you actually are..
you see women pregnant and wonder what they're going through.
has any one else had worries about the heartbeat? i hear its normal but you never know!
all i can say is we really are grumpy! i've already bitten my fiance's head off already, haha!
Am about 6 weeks pregnant with my second child.
Very worried this time round as had a 5 day labour followed (eventually) by a c-section with my daughter.
Also, been getting mild stomach cramps which i didnt have first time round.
Been told that its the womb expanding, but still cant help worrying!
Anyone else experiencing the same?
Is this Normal?
At the moment im a dancer on a cruise ship so it is a little difficult to get the right advice.
Any advice on this period pain feeling would help me so much as its starting to make me a little stressed!
Thanks and good luck to everyone!x
t16adt.
That is completely normal what you're feeling. I'm exactly the same at the moment, I'll be 5 weeks Sunday. I have a little boy already, who's 2.5. My boobs weren't as sore last time but are really bad this time. And I was quite nauseaus a lot last, but this time it is just waves of nausea but no actual sickness as of yet.
I really wish you the very best that this one clings on for you. x x
I am sooooo tired and my boobs are killing me, I have been feeling sick but only gagged a few times - I have also gone off a lot of foods.
I hear all of this is a good sign.
I am getting a few twinges but think more down to constipation than anything,. I just want to sleep all the time but I cant as I have to work lol
Well im anxiously waiting for a scan in about 4 weeks or so. I had a scan at 5 1/2 weeks and could hardly believe that there is a little person growing inside me after all these years
good luck to everyone and may god be with you and your little ones x
good luck with everything! prayin 4 a sticky bean!! lol! ~:)
i had my last period on 20/1/09. n my period hadnt came on duein feb .then i did hpt..n thee was a faint line, then i went ot the doc. they did blood test n it was positive.so i m 6wk pregnant now.but still not feeling like early pregnancy symtoms like morning sickness,nusea,headache n all which happenes normaly...so m bit confuse......is everything fine with me.....
Thanks for your message. Hope all goes well. Your as young as you feel. I wish you all the best.
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Good luck to everyone, these sites are great and very reassuring for us first timers.
I've known for about 3 0r 4 weeks that I'm pregnant. I've felt pregnant. I checked my cervix and was so sure. Then in the super market the other week I could smell the brie in the deli from about five aisles away, it really turned my stomach - and I love brie. I took a HPT yesterday and oop, there we have it. Pregnant. I have a sort of heavy feeling in my pelvis, my bladder feels full almost continuously, and there is a subdued euphoria sensation all round my body. Hubbs & me are pretty overwhelmed, he isn't taking it so well. I'm a little unsteady about this because we are not married yet. I hope this will be an opportunity for us to focus and aim towards what we really want in life. I feel a lot of changes on the way. This will be our first baby. We are both 28 but still feel too young to be parents. eeek!!!
Congratulations to you all and best of luck!
I'm trying hard not to think about it, just take it easy, but its easier said than done!!! I hope you are all doing well.
But Keep your head up and think the best results of this pregnancy and you will be fine to the end....
congrats to all the expecting mommies :) ....do pray for me....I am dead tired and nausea with a bad taste in the mouth 24-7...no vomitting as yet.
A week after I should have concieved, I started with a horrid mettalic taste in my mouth which was so bad that I couldn't stomach certain drinks...i.e tea!!
Im constantly exhausted although this could be down to the fact that i work nights. The strange thing is my boobs are so sore, I only have trouble with painful breasts just before i'm due on so its a bit unusual. Plus its not just my boobs but my nipples. The other day my partner was shocked to notice huge blue veins running through my breasts, practically touching my nipples!
oh and ive done nothing but eat for three weeks and ive just started getting lots of pimples on my face.
Any ideas?,......ive done about 5 home tests (the cheap strip tests off the internet) and they have all been negative.
The thing that makes me question how I feel is that about a week ago I had the regular feeling and symtoms of ovulation.....could I be pregnant???
I was pregnant at 15 and i decided to keep my baby i went for my first scan and it was twins. Unfortunately 1 died and i continued to have a normal pregnancy and my daughter was delivered.in 1999. 9 years later i am now 6 weeks pregnant again happly married and would not turn back the clock even if i could. BUT thats not to say that my situation would suit everyone . Its your desicion and make it wisely as clocks cannot be turned back
good luck on your desicion
Just found out I'm 6 weeks pregnant and been to see the Dr who has booked me in for a scan first thing tomorrow, but has told me not to worry even though he's normally be waiting 6 more weeks for my first scan. He said he can feel inflamination in my left side I have had shooting pains in my lower pelvic bone. Would this worry anyone else? Did not know I was pregnant until the weekend but now explains why I am so tired! this will be my first so any advise welcome!
Thanks
I had an eptopic in june last year and had my left follopian tube removed as it ruptured, but for the last 5 days all I have wanted to eat is Chilli! and then yesterday I was dizzy, lightheaded, unsteady on my feet and nauseus, I have pins and needles in my hands and they are numb... could I be pregnant?
Please, please, please go and talk to yoru doctor... dont do abortion please.. dont.. you will regret later.. imagine when you are 25 your baby will be 9 years.. imagine that.. you can keep the baby and go in school and take education...
Please, be more informed of what to do and so on.. visit any advisor.. but dont accept abortion..
You will be in my prayers sweeety mama..
I am 5-6 weeks pregnant.. and I feel the most blessed woman in the world..
i dont know what to do about the baby.
i cant believe its nearly got fingers and toes.
im against abortion but i couldnt handle a child.
someone help me please?