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10th Week of Pregnancy




What changes will you see in your baby in the 10th week of pregnancy?

Starting from the 10th week of pregnancy, your baby has completed its organs and has taken on a full human appearance. The most important change in your baby is that the kidneys can now produce urine. With the development of the intestinal system starting the previous week and the kidneys starting to produce urine this week, your baby has completed the development of its excretory system. However, the kidneys have not yet acquired the function of filtering toxic substances from the urine. For this reason, there will be no toxic substances and bacteria in your baby's urine. Towards the middle of the tenth week, your baby's liver will also start to function. In this way, during this period when the kidneys cannot filter toxic substances from the blood, your baby's blood will begin to be cleaned by the liver. One of the most important developmental stages that occurs during this week is the stage where your baby's gender begins to develop. Although your baby's gender is not clear at the beginning of the week, your baby's sex organ becomes clear towards the end of the tenth week, and therefore your baby's gender can be clearly seen in the eleventh week. In other words, your baby's gender is determined at the end of a pregnancy period of approximately three months.


What is your baby's height and weight in the 10th week of pregnancy?

Your baby is approximately 3cm and 4g this week.



What changes will the expectant mother see in the 10th week of pregnancy?

In the tenth week of your pregnancy, your belly will start to become slightly more visible as your uterus expands. After this week, the risk of miscarriage in pregnancy is largely overcome. For this reason, it is easier for you to perform your daily physical activities normally as of this week. It is also recommended that you walk after the tenth week to regularize your blood circulation. Your nausea will also decrease significantly after the tenth week, and your appetite will return to a more normal level.


Excessive weight gain during pregnancy causes risks and difficulties, especially during birth. For this reason, walking should be done during pregnancy and physical activities should not be postponed. Since the risk decreases especially after the tenth week, your physical activity should gradually return to normal. If you are still experiencing nausea during this period, it may be possible to use a nausea medication under the supervision of a doctor. In addition to all these, since there is a large increase in blood volume during this period of your pregnancy, it will be natural for edema to occur in certain parts of your body. Walking is also important in terms of preventing this edema.

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