17th week pregnancy symptoms

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17th week pregnancy symptoms
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Whats happening with your baby in Week 17?

• At this point your baby measures about 6 inches
  in length and about 100 grams in weight.
• Head is still dominating over the body, but the
  progress of the body is significant as well.
• This week marks the beginning of a very important
  change fat generation. This allows the baby to
  stay warm, providing her/him with extra energy as
  well.
• The heart is now working hard, pumping over 25
  liters of blood in a single day.
• Ears have reached the next checkpoint in terms of
  functionality and the baby can now detect sounds
  from the outside and react to them.

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Whats happening with you in Week 17?

• Emergency urination should be gone by now.
• Due to the noticeable increase in size, you
  should consider wearing proper clothes to make
  yourself more comfortable.
• You should be gaining up to 4 kilograms at this
  point.
• Your uterus is now growing into your abdomen, not
  being attached to any spot.
• It is possible for you to feel some of babys
  movements.
• To monetarize your baby, you may need a baby
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Useful information for Week 17

• Legs cramping up
• Its important that you dont stand in one spot
  for too long this can cause cramps in the
  muscles.
• Try to sleep and rest on your side.
• Minerals can be used to reduce the intensity of
  cramps.
• Ultrasound
• Baby is now monitored through ultrasound devices
  which can be used to take a closer look at the
  baby, even though it is still too small for any
  deformities confirmation.

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Continue.

• Hormones
• Progesterone is a hormone responsible for your
  sensitivity towards carbon dioxide, making you
  feel short breathed.
• Estrogen causes your uterus to increase 1000
  times, closing a volume of about 5 liters. It
  also becomes heavier, from 50 to 500 grams in its
  maximum stretch.

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Advices for Week 17

• If youd like you can now play soothing music to
  your baby, as this will motivate the brain of the
  baby to work and develop.
• Keeping your sodium levels lower is crucial as
  youd want to avoid swelling and all kinds of
  different water accumulation problems.