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Pregnancy week 7

Foetal development at week 7 of being pregnant - Your baby will have grown this week and is about the size of a 5p piece.

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You may feeling quite queasy by now. Try eating something bland or starchy like a plain biscuit or cracker. Ginger may also help, try ginger tea or ginger biscuits. You may also be feeling completely exhausted because of all the hormonal changes in your body. You may also feel faint at times and you may completely go off tea and coffee. As your basal metabolic rate (BMR) increases, you may hunger for more calories and protein. Or you may find nausea is putting you eating off certain foods altogether. You will still not be showing at all yet, your clothes might be a bit tight by the evening, but you'll be back to normal by the morning.

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Your baby's body is straightening from it's earlier comma shape, looking rather like a tadpole and is now covered in a thin layer of translucent calls. Tiny beginnings of eyes, kidneys and lungs are forming. The eyelids are beginning to form and the tip of the nose is distinct. Your baby will have grown this week and is about the size of a 5p piece. The first embryonic movements can be detected by ultrasound.

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i had a missed miscarraige about 3-4 months ago and i was 14 weeks pregnant. i am now pregnant again but i do not feel any different if it wasnt for the fact i had done a test i would have no idea.its 7 weeks now. is there something wrong??
added by annabella29 [Thu 24th Apr 2008 @ 08:52:04]
i am sorry to hear about ur fiance but just remember GODwill never put more on u than u can bare
added by drmami1986 [Tue 25th Mar 2008 @ 09:04:33]
I am so sorry for the last message, that is so tragic, I cried when I read about your fiance cant imagine how you must be feeling.
I have had mild nausea but no actual vomiting, I do find myself waking up really early and normally absolutly boiling through the night. I have had extremely sore breasts, have had to buy a couple of support bras already. I have been very up and down in emotions (mainly moody and snappy). Think im starting to get paranoid too! lol
added by ruby31 [Tue 18th Mar 2008 @ 13:27:20]
I have had no sickness at all but my mum said that she did not either so maybe she has passed this on to me.My emotions have been up and down mostly down as my dear dear fiance died a month ago he did not know i was pregnant and I found out 3 days before his funeral.Feel very alone and wanted to join in with some sort of discussin.
added by jrok [Mon 17th Mar 2008 @ 08:38:01]
i'm sitting here reading all the messages in a way kind of feeling ripped off as i only had one day of nausea where i was going to throw up at the beginning i eat real regular anyway but i'm addicted to ginger biscuits as i know that i have them in the cupboard. The doctor i have is crap she hasnt sent me for a scan but have booked obsec. appointment for the 2nd of april and getting excited for that hoping that everything will be ok the vitamin A thing got me worried as i noticed that all my face products that i have been using have it in so have a look girls have loads of questions to ask obsec. when i see him
added by dowson [Thu 13th Mar 2008 @ 08:35:14]
I'm not coping too well, I'm feeling very depressed. I was going to come off my anti depressents but really not coping well enough. I have lowered the dose but that's the most I can do and to make things worse my husband has just gone off on a business trip and will be bak on friday so I'm even more depressed!! I've not been suffering too badly wiv sickness, I do have very sore boobs and extremely tired and can't stop sleeping, although I don't think I will get to sleep now my husband isn't here this week :( I should be happy, I am happy about being pregnant and having a family but I'm just so low all the time!!
added by smelen [Mon 10th Mar 2008 @ 09:02:24]
i feel sick all through the day but its worse at night, as long as i go to bed and go to sleep before 10pm im fine any later and my heads down the toilet!! i had bleeding in week 5 but everything seems fine now!! as long as i try to keep busy i dnt seem to drop off to sleep and my nipples are starting to feel very tender
added by ali2704 [Thu 28th Feb 2008 @ 08:46:50]
scared miscarried a year ago at 9 weeks im 7 weeks now no blood but cramping
added by harv [Tue 15th Jan 2008 @ 14:39:13]
If I don't eat every couple of hours, the nausea kicks in quite nastily but I keep a stash of dried berries in my handbag to munch at work to keep me going! All I want to eat is yoghurt and pineapple all the time, oh and baked beans!!!! Getting really tired by 8-9pm and needing to go straight to bed. Had an early scan this morning after some slight spotting last week and saw little bubba wriggling about and a strong heartbeat! All is well the midwife says and looking good for the future.Have boobs that feel like granite bowling balls which is extremely painful!
added by Archie1 [Wed 5th Dec 2007 @ 15:28:05]
I am feeling very queasy and can not deal with anything with milk in. I am eating Yoghart bananas and other fruit, and ginger biscuits. The morning sickness lasts all day but I live in hope that it will pass in the next few weeks.
added by Debsa [Wed 14th Nov 2007 @ 13:15:32]
The metallic taste in my mouth increased this week and triggers off the nausea feeling. I have realised that if I eat some bread or crackers as soon as I get the metallic taste, the nausea doesn't come on. However, if I let the taste increase without eating then I feel really sick.
added by AskBaby2828 [Wed 15th Nov 2006 @ 10:05:04]

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