Fifth Week of Pregnancy: Everything You Need to Know
Introduction
Your journey of sweet waiting continues and the time has come for you to face the fifth week of pregnancy .
In the following lines, you will be able to discover the answers to the main doubts that you have in mind.
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5 Weeks Pregnant: How Many Months Is It?
The fifth week of pregnancy falls in the second month of gestation , which starts at 4+4 and ends at 8 weeks and 5 days.
Symptoms of the fifth week of pregnancy
The symptoms of the fifth week of pregnancy are numerous.
Among the main ones, amenorrhea can be blamed.
As mentioned when talking about the signals that the body sends during the fourth week of pregnancy , given that the absence of flow can also be due to other factors, including stress, only the test will be able to give a clear initial answer (which will then be confirmed by the first ultrasound, to be performed, as we will see, later in the pregnancy).
Also be prepared to deal with a particularly strong feeling of nausea .
The causes that provoke this disorder have not yet been fully clarified by science.
Here are the factors that can contribute to its onset:
Mother who has dealt with the same disorder.
Nausea during first pregnancy.
High levels of beta hCG.
The action of estrogen and progesterone also contributes to nausea during the fifth week of pregnancy .
These hormones cause the sphincter that connects the stomach and esophagus to relax, contributing to the reflux of acidic material.
Among the most important symptoms of the fifth week of pregnancy, it is possible to mention those involving the breasts , one of the first parts of the body to "speak" of pregnancy .
From more visible veins to itching, these are signs that continue throughout the first trimester.
As far as breast enlargement is concerned, the situation can vary from woman to woman.
On average, we are talking about a size and a half from the beginning of pregnancy to the appearance of the milk coming in.
Even in this fifth week of pregnancy you will have to deal with a strong sense of tiredness .
It all comes back to the action of progesterone .
This hormone has the task, at the beginning of the sweet wait, of keeping the embryo firmly attached to the endometrium, of reducing the mother's immune response - remember that the embryo has part of the DNA foreign to the woman's body - and of presiding over an adequate nutritional supply.
To give you an idea of how things change around the fifth week of pregnancy, remember that blood levels are around 29 ng/l.
Initial levels, which can be found during the fourth week of pregnancy, are approximately 2 ng/l.
5th Week of Pregnancy Without Nausea: Is It Possible?
In the fifth week of pregnancy , it is also normal not to feel any nausea .
There is no reason to be alarmed: nausea at the beginning of pregnancy does not affect all women.
There are even many who, in the fifth week, despite having already seen the positive test, do not feel pregnant at all and do not report any symptoms!
Can you feel cramps during the fifth week of pregnancy?
Yes, during the fifth week of pregnancy you may also feel cramps in the lower abdomen .
This is not an eventuality that should cause concern.
We are talking, in fact, about the consequence of the uterus slowly expanding to support the growth of the embryo.