Pregnancy Week 12

Week 12.

Your baby is starting to develop reflexes, the fingers and toes are fully formed and moving. The toes will be making curling movement and the fingers will repeatedly open and close. The baby will also clench the eye muscles, make sucking gestures with the mouth, and his fingernails and toenails are formed.

The intestines, which were bulging into the umbilical cord, have moved back into the abdomen by this time. White blood cells and hormones are now being produced and baby measures about 2 ¼ inches in length.

Mom, your body is going through several adjustments, lower blood pressure in pregnant women is relatively normal, but it should be verified with your OBGYN, this may lead to dizziness and headaches. This week your doctor will request that some blood work be done. You will be scanned for sexually transmitted diseases, blood count and blood sugar levels will be checked, this helps your doctor understand if there are complications or risks associate with the pregnancy.

Women over 35 years of age will be monitored for preeclampsia, while all women will be monitored for the development of Gestational Diabetes.