Everyone remembers the terrible stories of mothers-grandmothers, when before giving birth they had half of their teeth (“the child took away”). Here in avoiding this...

While the parents are going through the last month of the first trimester, the embryo, which from now on is called the fetus, continues to grow rapidly. By the end of the month, it will already weigh 20 g and reach a length of 9 cm. The lengthening of the umbilical cord will be added to the child’s personal achievements, which will allow him to move, the appearance of the first reflexes (swallowing and grasping) and even facial expressions. In addition, he no longer has a “tail”, ossification points have appeared at the site of the future ridge, there are fingernails and fully functioning cardiovascular, urinary and digestive systems. He also knows how to blink. I was surprised to learn that the baby receives nutrients not only through the navel and placenta, but also by swallowing amniotic fluid and "digesting" them with the forces of his own body.
There are still two trimesters to go. About them further.

In the second trimester

This first happened around the end of the fourth month of pregnancy. My wife called me and told me with touching excitement that HE was moving. For a long time I tried to explain what exactly I feel, using phrases like “movement of the soul”. From all her monologue, I realized that it looks like either a strong heartbeat, or ..., but I prudently did not express my conjectures about the scenes from the movie "Alien" aloud. The overall feeling seems to be pleasant.

In general, I'll tell you, this is a good time - the second trimester of pregnancy. The wife more or less calmed down, the pendulum passed along with toxicosis. We were able to resume our joint raids of the old days on various delicacies - she no longer felt sick. This is not all that we have renewed. Of course, we also had sex during the first trimester, but not in the same volume as before. Now she had no more morning "helicopters", and we returned to our best family traditions. However, let us return to the peculiarities of living together with a woman in the fourth to sixth months of pregnancy.

Good to know

It is impossible to harm the baby during lovemaking, because it is protected by the muscles of the uterus, amniotic fluid and membranes. Of course, this only applies to normal pregnancy. If the doctor observing the wife says that she is doing well, then there are no contraindications for having sex. Naturally, except for the unwillingness of his wife.

So the fourth month gentlemen! What's happening? First, the formation of the placenta is completed. This means that an adequate physical bond has been established between mother and child. Thus, the hormonal storms gradually subside, and the umbilical cord and the "pouch" - the placenta - become the communication between the two organisms. Life has become easier, life has become more fun! Hurrah, comrades!

The fetus itself this month will grow another centimeter and reach a weight of about 25 g. The main breakthrough in development will be made by its musculoskeletal system. From the fourth month, your heir (tsa) will begin to actively spin and do various things prohibited by etiquette - kicking, sticking fingers in his mouth and generally behaving unacceptably.

Самой женщине-матери на четвертом месяце становится Fine. Both in terms of well-being, and in terms of mood. She has already gotten used to the idea of ​​future motherhood, and since it does not cause discomfort now, she likes her current state. Mine, for example, at that time admired her own roundness, became more feminine than usual. Even in behaviour. Now good health allows you to start doing special exercises for pregnant women. (This does not mean that walks are cancelled!)

Not everyone finds time for this (the woman is still working), but you can always think of something, if there is a desire. There are compelling arguments to get your lifemate involved in kangaroo sports:

• giving birth will be easier;

• a prepared body “comes to its senses” faster after childbirth – be more careful with this argument: you can cause reproaches like “you won’t love me fat”;

• often breaks and stretch marks can be avoided if the skin and muscles are in good shape;

• in the end, it is easier to nurse the last months without shortness of breath.

Remember: all irrefutable arguments are refuted by a pregnant woman once or twice with the help of tears. Be strong! Sports you have to defend. Your assistant in this situation can be her doctor, under whose supervision (or a special instructor) “pregnant” training should be carried out.

What's next? Yep, inspection. The next mandatory examination is carried out from the 15th to the 21st week of an interesting situation. My opinion is the sooner the better. This time, she will need to donate blood for the so-called triple hormone test and undergo an ultrasound examination. Although just an ultrasound usually run twice. At the first, a comprehensive study of the fetus is carried out, but often the sex of the child cannot yet be determined accurately. Most of the curious undergo a second ultrasound a little later. After the 20th week, you can finally talk about whether you will become the happy parents of a boy or girl in the near future.

In the fourth month, women in the fourth month can give some cloudiness to the generally excellent sunny mood by dilatation of the veins in the legs due to an increase in the volume of circulating blood and (God forbid) hemorrhoids. Both troubles arise due to insufficient physical activity. All the time we keep in mind 3 hours of daily walking and proper nutrition, which I have already mentioned. By the way, hemorrhoids are a very powerful argument in persuading moms to go in for sports.

Another nuisance is a decrease in general immunity. However, you can live with this if you strictly adhere to the rules of personal hygiene.

Fifth month. What does this phrase mean? Yes, at least the fact that half of the gestation time has almost passed. In the fifth month, the formation of the organs and systems of the child's body is completed, in other words, then it remains only to grow.

The woman still feels great, and so much so that she wants to take care of her appearance. Actually, no man in his right mind has anything against a well-groomed wife, the only “but” is that you need to monitor exactly what procedures she decided on. The list of prohibited items includes dyeing and perming hair (yes, including highlighting), self-varnishing of nails, painful methods of hair removal and trimmed manicure (this is when the skin around the nail is cut off). The rest seems to be possible, but I'm not aware of all the salon "perversions", so here you just need to be guided by common sense.

At the sixth month, the baby continues to grow (his mother, by the way, also does not shrink). The weight of the fetus reaches 650 g, and if a child is born during this period, then he has a chance of survival (if there is an incubator in the hospital - a special incubator bed).

A woman at this time feels great, which contributes to a healthy appetite. When I said “healthy”, I meant its size rather than its compliance with any adequate standards. However, she should no longer be allowed to break the diet. For example, eating salty foods can cause latent and overt swelling. You will also have to forget about sweet and fatty foods for the remaining three months - the heart is not state-owned, after all. He already has to work for two.

You still need to move a lot, but you should alternate movement with rest, sleep more. The fetus needs a lot of oxygen during this period, so even if the wife is already on maternity leave (especially if she is already on vacation), do not let her stay at home. Let them grab their girlfriends, the dog, the dogs of their girlfriends, and anyone else, and go out into the street! If you are not feeling well, but the doctor believes that you need to do therapeutic exercises, you should not stop doing it - since it is moderate physical activity that can bring relief.
Your main task as a man during this period of pregnancy is to tell your wife about her attractiveness. Most likely, you will really appreciate the special eroticism of a pregnant woman, but the spouse will constantly worry about the fact that she is gaining weight. Do not fall for provocations like: “Darling, is it true that I got very fat?” Answering "Yes" means signing your own death warrant with suspension from the body and conversations. It would be more competent to answer this question with a specific caressing action (not by stroking the stomach, but more erotic and passionate), and after that, tell her a compliment based on “real events” (this should be done more often in order to prevent black depression and domestic quarrels).

Among the ladies' troubles of the sixth month (and the whole pregnancy in principle) are skin problems: rash, pigmentation and other "joys". How she will deal with this is already her intimate affair.

You should make sure that the packaging of cosmetics is carefully studied. Skin problems will disappear anyway, as soon as the hormonal background after childbirth normalizes, and you don’t need various allergic troubles now. In general, I would put reading instructions for a Russian person who is used to