Pregnancy is a unique condition of a female body. At the same time every time even at the same woman it can prove differently. The 5th week of pregnancy is the term at which in most cases it is already known of interesting situation though the embryo is still very small.
What changes happen in an organism on the 5th week of pregnancy?
Doctors mean the 3rd week from the moment of conception by the fifth obstetric week of pregnancy. Weeks are considered to be from the moment of the beginning of the last periods, and conception happens approximately in 2 weeks after monthly. For this reason there is such difference.
Often on the fifth week the woman learns about the interesting situation. Most often on the 5th week the woman keeping the calendar of periods notices that monthly do not come. Having bought the test for pregnancy, it is possible to confirm pregnancy.
If visually pregnant on the 5th week not to define from the non-pregnant woman, then in an organism there are rough changes.
HGCh or hormone of pregnant women appears at once after attachment of an embryo in a cavity of a uterus and every day it increases. In blood it can be found in 5 days after implantation. In urine this hormone will be shown a little later. Every other day at normal pregnancy the amount of this hormone doubles. On it it is possible to assume both a normal current, and the stood and extra-uterine pregnancies. This hormone will grow in the last two cases much more slowly. Therefore it is so important to take at least several times a blood test on determination of the HGCh level at the beginning.
Besides emergence of HGCh hormone in an organism of the woman the amount of progesterone increases. This hormone is responsible for relaxation of muscles of a uterus that it allows not to allow emergence of a hyper tone. Thanks to this hormone the risk of a spontaneous abortion decreases.
Also at future mom the production of women's hormone - estrogen increases. Exactly thanks to it the breast of the woman bulks up and becomes very sensitive. The size of chest glands can increase even by several sizes.
What external changes happen at the woman on the 5th week of pregnancy?
The fruit on the 5th week is still very small and the stomach remains in former sizes. Though some women can speak about its increase, but it is rather wine of progesterone under the influence of which the vermicular movement of intestines relaxes also a stomach as though it is blown up. Over time it will pass.
Besides the woman on the 5th week of pregnancy can have following symptoms:
- Increase in basal body temperature;
- Fatigue and general weakness;
- Increase in mammary glands and their sensitivity;
- The pulling feelings in the lower part of a stomach;
- Toxicosis;
- New and sometimes unusual flavoring preferences.
The lack of periods though emergence of implantation bloody allocations which can easily be confused is in certain cases possible becomes the main sign of pregnancy. It is important to distinguish types of the allocations possible at the pregnant woman:
- Bloody allocations from a vagina most often speak about risk of an abortion. Future mother needs to call urgently for ambulance and to lay down on preservation. The delay at the begun bloody allocations threatens losses of a fruit.
- Yellow allocations with a pungent smell or white curdled speak about presence of a disease. On this term only the expert will be able to make necessary recommendations and treatment which will not damage to development of an embryo.
- Light or absolutely transparent allocations without any pungent smell speak about normal pregnancy and absence of a disease.
But even if the woman has no complaints to the state, then the address to the gynecologist in clinic for women is obligatory. It is necessary to be registered for passing of inspection, delivery of necessary analyses and conducting pregnancy.
What feelings accompany the woman on the 5th week of pregnancy?
In five weeks in an organism of the woman hormones with such force rage that her mood and behavior can exchange in a root. Very often the condition of future mother sharply changes. Annoyance and a whining state becomes distinctive feature. The woman can break on the spouse or close people, and then reproach herself with it. Knowing about pregnancy existence to the family just it is worth accepting it and not to enter skirmishes with the woman. To anything, except an excess stress it will not bring.
Except psychological state the woman quite often has a toxicosis. There are several stages of this state:
- The severe vomiting reaching 25 times for day. As a result the woman can lose up to 10 kg in weight, and her state will be characterized by severe dehydration. For this reason at such stage of toxicosis it is important to address the expert for receipt in a hospital for pregnancy preservation.
- Average stage when in day there can be vomiting up to 10 times. As a rule, at such state the arterial blood pressure decreases, and the pulse rate increases. Besides there is already organism dehydration, and loss of weight reaches 3 kg.
- Slight toxicosis which is shown in the form of morning vomiting or nausea during the day. The general weakness can be felt though vital signs of the pregnant woman do not change.
Anyway, if during pregnancy there is toxicosis in any form, then it is necessary to tell about it surely to the gynecologist who conducts pregnancy.
Ultrasonography on the 5th week of pregnancy
On the fifth week of pregnancy it is possible to conduct ultrasonography for pregnancy confirmation. This ultrasonography is not obligatory. Most often it is done in the following cases:
- Pregnancy was caused by in vitro fertilization.
- In the anamnesis of the pregnant woman there were cases of extra-uterine pregnancy.
- Earlier the pregnant woman had one or several the stood pregnancies.
- Indicators of HGCh do not increase or increase more slowly than norm.
- The woman complains of allocations or pains in a uterus.
- For confirmation of physiological pregnancy.
The positive test result of HGCh speaks about existence of chemical pregnancy. That heart of an embryo fights and pregnancy develops normally can tell ultrasonography.
In five weeks an embryo still very small, but the doctor can already define by a research where there is an embryo head and where a tail and rudiments of legs. Besides at an embryo fingers on handles already develop. It is possible to see the formed shapes of a face.
Length of future kid is only 5-7 mm. Bodies already begin to be formed of cages. And by means of ultrasonography it is possible to see as heart fights.
Already on this term at an embryo produce gametes which in the future will become or spermatozoa if the boy, or ova is born if it is the girl.
The nervous tube of a fruit on this term already begins to be closed. Subsequently it will become base for back and a brain of the kid.
This week the fruit has first vessels. And the embryo begins to eat not at the expense of a zheltochny sack, and the arriving useful substances from mother's organism. The fifth week is significant formation of communication mother — a fruit.
Abortion on the 5th week of pregnancy
If for the woman the pregnancy is unwanted for any reasons, then abortion needs to be performed as soon as possible. The earlier the term, the more possible ways exists.
The fifth week is the period when the woman only learned about pregnancy and there are following ways of interruption:
- Medicamentous abortion by means of special pharmacological medicines. Such type of termination of pregnancy does not imply any surgical interventions. Depending on medicine such abortion it is possible to carry out a maximum on the sixth week of pregnancy.
- Mini-abortion which is also called vacuum aspiration is carried out only in the early stages of pregnancy. Unwanted pregnancy is interrupted by suction of a germ. The low risk of emergence of complications has such appearance of abortion.
- Surgical abortion at which of a cavity of a uterus it is scraped out. Such type of abortion is made under the influence of an intravenous anesthesia. After carrying out operation the patient is some more hours under observation of experts in chamber. The cavity on which scraping in a consequence was carried out becomes the most subject for different infections. For this reason it is so important to observe the recommendations registered by the doctor.