What Are the Pregnancy Stages

Published: March 21, 2008, 8:47 pm

If you are pregnant — or thinking about getting pregnant — you likely have some questions about the various stages of a pregnancy. In this blog post, we will provide you with some basic and general information about the pregnancy stages. Generally speaking, medical experts divide a pregnancy term into three pregnancy stages, aptly named the first, second and third trimesters. Each trimester lasts for a trio of months, more or less. During the initial third or trimester of the pregnancy stages a woman will notice only minimal changes in her outward physical appearance in most instances. The unborn child at this juncture is known as an embryo and is extremely small. With that said, a woman will begin taking on some additional weight during the first trimester of the pregnancy stages. The second trimester is when the greatest degree of change occurs in regard to the unborn child. Indeed, it is during this portion of the pregnancy stages that an unborn child

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