When a woman completes ten weeks of pregnancy, her belly starts showing considerably and many people with sharp eyes might deduce the news before she can officially announce it. Being pregnant with multiples or with twins can put you on a different path of pregnancy progress altogether. If you’re a pregnant woman who is expecting twins or multiples, this is the time to celebrate and make an official announcement to your friends and relatives if you haven’t done so already. Right from being embryos to now being adequately grown foetuses, some crucial steps and critical times are now well behind you. Many first-time parents are anxious about miscarrying their babies in these initial weeks. With those fears behind you now and the belly showing itself pretty evidently, you can now look forward to what is indeed, the golden phase of pregnancy.
If a previous couple of weeks have had a large amount of growth in their length and size, this week is usually a little calmer on that front. They usually expand in length by about an inch or so, which is still a good amount. Their weight, however, undergoes a substantial improvement, sometimes doubling itself from the previous week.
Around the 10th week, most babies reach a stage where their core organs have achieved a proper development and formed fully. This can then allow the process to focus on their growth as a human being. Babies will be moving around quite a bit, now that their legs and hands are flexible and free, leading them to flail about on their own.
Bone growth is on track with the cartilage growing quite rapidly. The teeth development stays as it is, growing properly below the gums. If you could observe your child with a magnifying lens, you’d be able to spot minuscule fingernails beginning to appear on the toes and the hands, along with a light, lush hair growth all over the body. Male babies start testosterone production by this stage.
From seeds to peas, to grapes, your babies tend to have one of their most significant growth in size around this week. The 10th week has your tiny ones in the womb as large as strawberries with a length of around 3-4 centimetres when measured from their head to the butt. Some doctors might choose to commence measuring baby weight around this week while others might wait for a couple more since the babies would not be heavier than 5 grams each or so.
As the twins or multiples within your womb start putting on weight and increasing in size, the same will start showing on your body in various ways.
Your body will undoubtedly show signs of having twins at 10 weeks in various ways. A bunch of symptoms are pretty evident on that front, although most of them seem to start being less frustrating over time.
Carrying twins or multiples inside your womb might make you believe that your stomach looks like a watermelon by now. But you are yet to complete your first trimester and, hence, your belly would be noticeable to you and maybe a few others, but not to everyone. A few women usually have a skin discolouration around the stomach in the form of a band, which is purely due to a higher amount of melanin in that region.
Generally, having conducted an ultrasound in the previous weeks, doctors won’t ask you to repeat one yet again. If you choose to do so, you would be able to hear the heartbeats of your babies a tad more clearly than before. Your strawberry sized loved ones will now show their tiny legs and arms, which seem to move around or even reach their faces.
Yes, you are growing two or more human beings inside your body and they are dependent on you for all the nutrition they can get. However, that does not mean you ought to eat meals that are meant for 3 adults or so. Family members tend to coerce many pregnant women into eating a lot more than they feel fit. It is natural to feel hungrier than you usually do, and it is just as important to meet a calorie count of around 600 extra calories or a bit more, as suggested by your doctor or nutritionist. Such an elevated calorie count is usually satisfied by the random snacks you have throughout the day. Weight gain is good, as long as it is natural. Anything that is extra can put extra pressure on the body to maintain health all around and can cause you to be overweight after delivering the children.
With your first-trimester mark approaching speedily, you need to start incorporating a few general care tips and a couple of additional ones to keep yourself on the right track.
With multiple babies coming ahead, you might want to purchase a few financial advice books or lectures to help you out with family budgets. Stretch marks can start getting a lot visible, which could make it necessary to purchase a stretch-marks cream that’s safe to use during pregnancy.
Taking care of twins at 10 weeks in the womb is not as difficult as it sounds since the tricky period of the initial phase of embryos has been successfully navigated. Your babies will now be set to grow rapidly and so will your body. Breathe deeply, for the best times will soon come your way.