5 week of pregnancy

5 week of pregnancy in obstetrics is considered of the 1st day of the last menstrual bleeding of the woman. If the menstrual cycle at it makes 28 days, then the 5th week on time corresponds to the first week of a delay of the next periods.

5 week of pregnancy begin its second lunar month.

Changes of a fruit

On the 5th week of pregnancy the fruit size about 5 - 6 mm, weigh to 1 gram and is called an embryo. The embryo floats in the bubble filled with liquid, at it branchial apertures and a tail already begin to disappear.

The embryonal period lasts the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, from the moment of formation of a placenta the embryonal period is replaced by fetal.

On the 5th week of pregnancy rudiments of many bodies and systems violently develop. During this period are put:

• Pancreas;
• Liver;
• Upper respiratory tracts;
• Lower respiratory tracts;
• Urinary system;
• Endocrine system;
• Foul place.

From an outside germinal leaf continues development a neurotubule, from it the spinal cord, a backbone will in the future be created. In time 5 weeks a neurotubule on the one hand partially grow. An important role in it is played by folic acid which is appointed to all pregnant women as a preventive measure at a stage of planning of pregnancy and on early terms. From a neurotubule all central nervous system develops then. On each side from it rudiments of muscular tissue are put.

Heart which rudiment was created in the form of a narrow tubule week before begins the first, still not really regular reductions. At first it is reduced a little less often – about 124 - 128 beats per minute.

At an embryo in 5 weeks it is possible to consider on a face rudiments of eyes, eye-sockets, a crack on site of a mouth and a nose, and on each side from a trunk – rudiments of hands and legs in the form of hillocks. Where there will be fingers, it is already possible to notice their rudimentary elements.

By the end of the 5th week of pregnancy the upper lip is formed and if any adverse factors worked on a germ during this period, at future child inborn defect – not fusion of an upper lip, in the people better known as "labium leporium" can be created.

On the 5th week of pregnancy predecessors of future sex cells (spermatozoa and ova) – gonoblasts form, and in a vitellicle blood cells begin to be formed.

Changes in the woman's organism

On the 5th week of pregnancy there can be symptoms of early toxicosis - the morning nausea which is quite often passing into vomiting, plentiful salivation, weakness and an indisposition. The pregnant woman can test insuperable draft to acid or salty. Early toxicosis lasts up to the 12th week, and then its manifestations come to naught. If symptoms of toxicosis are expressed considerably, it is necessary to see a doctor.

On the 5th week of pregnancy hormonal reorganizations can let know about themselves locks (the weakening influence on progesterone hormone muscles) and some increase in a breast.

Stomach on the 5th week of pregnancy of the former sizes. Under the influence of hormonal surge in allocation on the 5th week of pregnancy from a genital tract can become more plentiful, they are normal transparent or whitish, inodorous.

If on the 5th week of pregnancy the stomach hurts, and pains are followed by brown or bloody allocations from a genital tract - it is dangerous signs of an abortion.

Inspection on the 5th week of pregnancy

On the 5th week of pregnancy the next periods do not come in time. The test for pregnancy will be most often positive. Modern test systems react to the minimum quantities of hormone of a chorionic gonadotrophin in urine, and can show two strips after the first day of a delay of periods.

On this term it is already possible to be registered on pregnancy to the obstetrician-gynecologist in clinic for women. He will appoint necessary researches and consultations of specialists.

On ultrasonography on the 5th week of pregnancy the fetal egg attached to a uterus wall is well visible. Its sizes together with surrounding fetal membranes and waters make about 1 cm. When performing ultrasonography on the 5th week of pregnancy using devices of an expert class it is possible to notice the first cordial reductions confirming that the germ lives and develops.

Recommendations on the 5th week of pregnancy

If the next periods did not come against the background of reception of contraceptives or an intrauterine spiral, and the test showed 2 strips, then measures of contraception should be stopped at once.

If on the 5th week of pregnancy the stomach or a waist hurts, it is necessary to consult at the doctor – it can be the first symptom of abortion. Also it is necessary to see a doctor at the begun bleeding as is normal of bloody allocations on the 5th week of pregnancy should not be.

It is recommended to continue reception of folic acid in tablets, or to pass to reception of polyvitamins for pregnant women (according to the recommendation of the doctor).

In a food allowance it is necessary to adhere to a healthy image, there are more fresh fruit and vegetables, fermented milk products, meat and fish. Alcohol in any kind is prohibited.