Pregnancy Calendar: Week 7 - Week 12

Week 7 - Your face may break out due to the changes in hormones. So even though you may feel like a teenager again, you are not alone.

Week 8 - This is the best time to have your first visit to medical practitioner.

Week 9 - You may find yourself with a stuffy nose. Nasal congestion and nose bleeds are fairly common during pregnancy. Try using a vaporizer or humidifier to help lessen the symptoms. You continue to feel tired, nauseated, and possibly dizzy and you might even see fainting spells.

Week 10 - You are still tired, and nauseated, hang on only a few more weeks for most of you. Your abdomen may begin to pooch out, but it will be more from bowel distension than the uterus. Your waistline is slowly disappearing! Remember to measure your waist and belly now.

Week 11 - This is the first obvious gain weight you would experience at about 1-2 lbs. a month in the first trimester. Some women will actually lose weight and be perfectly fine, particularly if they were ill. Some will gain no weight whatsoever. While yet others will gain 10+ pounds. The key is a healthy diet.

Week 12 - You may actually start feeling better from your extreme tiredness and nausea this week. Others will hang on to it for awhile longer. Your abdomen may start expanding, especially if this is not your first pregnancy.