About the time you are 9 weeks pregnant you have begun to notice a lot of differences. You feel pregnant now! You may begin to have some moodiness. This is only because of the shift in your hormone levels and nothing to worry about. You may be very excited one minute and scared the next. These are normal feelings that are associated with pregnancy. You may also find that you cry at what seem like silly little things. It may bring you some relief to remind yourself that it is simply because of the shifting hormones associated with pregnancy. You may also be tired a large portion of the time and this can add to the shifting moods.

You have probably begun to notice changes in your abdomen by now. Your stomach is beginning to expand and others can now sense that you are pregnant. A common term for this is “showing” which just means your body is starting to show the world that there is a baby being formed inside.

At 9 weeks pregnant there are some uncomfortable things that may start happening. You may begin to feel real bloated a lot of the time. You may also experience a lot more gas than usual. This is totally normal at this stage of pregnancy. If you find that you are burping more and have more flatulence it is once again due to the changing hormone levels in your body. The main culprit is progesterone, as levels begin to elevate so will these unpleasant symptoms.

Your baby is also making a lot of changes during this stage. It has grown to be between 20 and 30 mm long. That’s about how big a large grape is. The baby still weighs in at less than an ounce, but it won’t be long until it really begins to grow and gain weight fast.

The baby has already formed its physical body; the head, legs, arms and body. The limbs and organs are also forming quickly during this stage. They are also beginning to function on their own.

The eyelids are still fused shut and they won’t open again until later in its development. The face is forming and becoming clearer each day and you can make out the nose, mouth and nostrils. It is not yet possible to tell the sex of the baby although they already have formed sex organs. In another 9 weeks the doctor should be able to tell the sex of the child.

i have been pregnant 3 times before (ended in m/c). with my daughter, i started feeling flutters at 13 weeks. so i was just wondering if thish as happened to you and what is the earliest you have felt flutters

just wondering. I am hoping to get a scan soon. =)

I am 9 weeks pregnant and it seems that my nausea and breast tenderness have really toned down over the last week or so. Thery are still there but not with the intensity that they were originally. I did just start taking a prenatal vitamin around the time of the decrease but I don’t know if that has anything to do with it. I had a miscarriage in my last pregnancy and I am of course thinking something else is wrong:( With this pregnancy we did see a heart beat at 6 weeks so I thought everything was fine…

Ok so i am now 9 weeks, but in the pictures i provided i was 7 weeks and 4 days. I am wondering why all of a sudden am i this big, i have 1 son, but have been pregnant 5 other times. Long story, 2 mc, 1 ectopic, 1 ab, and 1 child. My friend says its probably because i have been pregnant so many times back to back, my uterus never really shrinks all the way back down, but i do not believe that, because my stomach was as flat as a door, before i found out i was pregnant.

I am not looking for any real medical explanations, but please do not be smart or say stupid stuff like im just fat, because i was only 100 punds before i got pregnant with this one,now i am 107..

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