From absolute bliss to anxiety, from frustration to relief:

The emotional journey of a pregnancy may feel like a

nine-month roller coaster ride that takes many
unexpected twists and turns.
About two weeks after a woman has her period,
she ovulates and her ovaries release one mature
egg. The egg can be fertilized for 12 to 24 hours
after it's released as it travels down the fallopian
tube toward the uterus.
 For a woman

Tender,
Morning
Tiredness swollen
sickness
breasts

Cravings or
Mood Constipatio
distaste for
swings n
certain foods

Needing to
pee more Headache Heartburn
often

Weight gain
or loss
 For a embryo/fetus

The nervous
The heart begins Arm and leg
system (brain and
to form and buds begin to
spinal cord) has
begins to beat. develop.
begun to form.

All major organs Fingers and toes

The arms and
have begun to have begun to
legs grow longer.
form. form.

The face begins The umbilical The nerves and

to develop cord is clearly muscles begin to
features. visible. work together

The external sex

organs show if Head growth
your baby is a has slowed
boy or girl.