Your belly at 9 weeks pregnant may not have a pronounced, rounded look, but your pre-pregnancy clothes are probably feeling a little snug due to a combination of a thickening waistline and some bloating brought on by pregnancy hormones.
You may feel occasional cramps and lower abdominal pains. This is normal and can feel similar to premenstrual discomfort and heaviness. However, if you have constant cramps or pains, have vaginal bleeding or are concerned, check with your doctor. Your nipples may have grown larger and become darker.
Early pregnancy symptoms (at 9 weeks)
extreme tiredness. feeling sick. mood swings. a metallic taste in your mouth.
Although you might only be showing a bit of a baby bump by week 9 of pregnancy - or in some cases, no bump at all yet -, you can probably feel your lower belly getting firmer. This is your uterus, which is expanding to fit your growing baby and will soon become a larger baby bump.
Depending on your stage of pregnancy, your body type, and even the time of day, sometimes your belly will feel soft and other times it will feel tight and hard. The reality is, there's no normal to compare yourself with. Pregnant bellies come in all shapes, sizes, and firmness.
After around 18 weeks, babies like to sleep in the womb while their mother is awake, since movement can rock them to sleep. They can feel pain at 22 weeks, and at 26 weeks they can move in response to a hand being rubbed on the mother's belly.
The risk of miscarriage drops significantly as pregnancy progresses. In one study, researchers found a miscarriage rate of 9.4 percent at 6 weeks of pregnancy, 4.2 percent at 7 weeks, 1.5 percent at 8 weeks, 0.5 percent at 9 weeks and 0.7 percent at 10 weeks.
What pregnancy trimester is the hardest? For many women, the first trimester of pregnancy is often the hardest. During this period, your body is going through a major transformation and needs time to adjust to the changes.
Your unborn baby will begin moving around 12 weeks of pregnancy, but you probably won't feel it yet. If you've been pregnant before, you may sense quickening by about 16 weeks in pregnancy. However, if this is your first baby, it's common not to feel movement until 20 weeks.
At 9 weeks, your pregnancy bump probably won't be showing just yet, especially if this is your first pregnancy. Remember, your baby is only the size of a cherry at 9 weeks! It's common for that bump to start showing around 12 weeks pregnant.
Even in your third trimester of pregnancy, bending is still considered safe for your baby. You'll probably find it becomes increasingly difficult for you, though, if not impossible. Apart from your extra body weight, the size of your belly is increasing.
Your growing uterus is pulling and straining the muscles that support it. You may feel sharp pains or just a mild pulling sensation. It often occurs when you cough, sneeze, stand up, sit down, roll over, or during sex.
Your nausea and vomiting may be worse than ever: Morning sickness peaks around 9 or 10 weeks of pregnancy for many women. That's when levels of the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) are highest (morning sickness is thought to be linked to rises in hCG and estrogen).
Most miscarriages - 8 out of 10 (80 percent) - happen in the first trimester before the 12th week of pregnancy. Miscarriage in the second trimester (between 13 and 19 weeks) happens in 1 to 5 in 100 (1 to 5 percent) pregnancies.
However, it takes a few days for it to accumulate enough in your urine to be detectable. Home pregnancy tests won't show a positive pregnancy until you're at least 5 to 6 days away from the expected date of your next period. At this point, you're already more than three weeks pregnant.
What causes miscarriage? Chromosomal abnormalities cause about 50% of all miscarriages in the first trimester (up to 13 weeks) of pregnancy. Chromosomes are tiny structures inside the cells of your body that carry your genes.
A missed miscarriage can occur at any point during your pregnancy. However, it is much more likely to happen in the first few weeks of being pregnant. Many silent miscarriages are discovered at the first-trimester scan, between 11 and 14 weeks.
For some moms-to-be, constantly touching, patting, rubbing and holding their belly can be soothing. For others, it's a way to feel close to the baby inside. But no matter the reason, rubbing your belly simply makes you feel good.
However, according to some researchers, it isn't until about 21 weeks of pregnancy that your baby may begin to feel sensations when you rub your belly. Studies have shown that fetal movements may increase at this stage of pregnancy when the belly is rubbed.
Sneezing during pregnancy will typically not harm the baby. The baby is well-protected in the uterus, and even a hard sneeze will not affect the baby. The only time that sneezing may be problematic for the baby is if the sneezing is the symptom of an underlying illness or problem.
As your tummy grows and stretches during pregnancy, the pressure on the abdominal wall increases, and tiny holes there that never caused problems before can become larger, or new hernias can form. If you have a hernia, you'll probably notice a soft lump around your belly button, or sometimes in your groin area.
The finger test for pregnancy is a method of detecting pregnancy that involves inserting a finger into the vagina and feeling for changes in the cervix. During pregnancy, the cervix becomes soft and changes position, which can be detected through the finger test.