What happens in the 1st and 2nd weeks of pregnancy? If you are trying to get pregnant or planning it, you should stop drinking alcohol before pregnancy and also should do some research to find out any side effects of your medications, on pregnancy if you use any. These are critical for a healthy birth.
If you are on medication under doctor control, you should ask your doctor about the safety of this medication in pregnancy.
The medications used during pregnancy are defined by F.D.A, an organization which audits medicine and food health and reliability. You should consult that classified list that your doctor owns.
The beginning of the pregnancy is the last period date. It may seem strange but, the calculation of birth date is related to your last menstruation date.
In fact, what we call the first week of pregnancy is when you are not pregnant yet. Thus, your week calculation based on the date you got pregnant is two weeks behind the week specified by your doctor.
Medically, the calculation of week of pregnancy is based on the assumption that ovulations takes place on the 14th day of menstrual cycle. Ovulation date varies in every woman. Some women may experience earlier and some later.
As there is no information about exact ovulation date or insemination date, physicians accept the last menstruation date as the beginning of pregnancy.
The average period of pregnancy is 9 months 10 days. We could accept this 40 weeks. You are advised to track your baby's growing on a weekly basis rather than monthly.
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