On what week of pregnancy does the abdomen begin to grow?
Every woman's body is individual, soThere is no specific time when a noticeable belly appears. In some women it appears already in the seventh week after conception, while others manage to hide their interesting situation until the ninth month. Science knows of cases of hidden pregnancy, which was not accompanied by the development of noticeable curves.Doctors examined the pregnancy for weeks. When the stomach begins to grow, it depends on the characteristics of its course. Photo: Getty The following factors lead to the appearance of a round belly in a future mother:
- enlargement of the uterus;
- set of fetus mass;
- weakening of the muscles of the abdominal wall;
- accumulation of additional amniotic fluid.
All the listed physiological processesare not chaotic, but according to a nature-prescribed algorithm. Therefore, experts can predict the approximate date for the appearance of a noticeable abdomen - 15-16th week. During this period, external modifications are visible only to the woman herself, for the surrounding people they become obvious only at the 19-20th week. The exact terms of the silhouette change depend on many additional factors:
- What kind of pregnancy does a woman have? If the first, the stomach does not protract long due to the fact that it is restrained by the abdominal muscles.
- The area of the uterus to which the placenta is attached. If it is at the back wall, the abdomen will be less convex and will appear later, if the anterior - much before the 16th week.
- Weight of the future baby. If the fetus is overweight, the woman will have a significant amount in the waist.
The shape and volume of the abdomen is affected by the location of the fetusin the uterus. During the second and third trimester, it is constantly changing, and therefore a woman can notice that her figure is slightly different on different days. Determining which week of pregnancy the stomach is growing, physicians agree that the roundness can not appear before the 12-13th . Up to this point, the uterus is located below the pubic bone, and therefore can not bulge. If a woman seems to have had roundness at the 5th-10th week, this is an attempt to give out the desired for the actual or the consequence of abnormalities of the digestive tract: bloating, stool retention and and so forth.