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ಕೆಲವು ಮಹಿಳೆಯರಿಗೆ ಗರ್ಭಧಾರಣೆಯ ಮೊದಲ ಕೆಲವು ವಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ರಕ್ತಸ್ರಾವವಾಗಬಹುದು. ಈ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿಸಲು ಹೇಳಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರೊಜೆಸ್ಟರಾನ್ ಹಾರ್ಮೋನ್ ನ ಮಟ್ಟವನ್ನು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಹಾಗಿದ್ರೆ ಪ್ರೊಜೆಸ್ಟ್ರೊನ್ ಅಂದರೆ ಏನೆಂದು ನಾವು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳೋಣ ಬನ್ನಿ.

About the baby

Almost the size of a Rice Grain.

Your baby is 6-7 mm in length by the end of the first month of the pregnancy.

Two weeks after the menstrual period the follicle containing the ovum is ripe and roughly measures 2 cm in diameter and now begins to produce hormones. When the ovum is released by the follicle every month, it is captured by the fallopian tube and the ovum travels through the fallopian tube all the while being surrounded by nourishing cells.

Priya has been trying to get pregnant for the last couple of months. She is hopeful every month that she will miss her period, but is disappointed when she comes to know she did not. She has not been using any contraception also for the past 3 months. She does not seem to be getting pregnant. She approaches her doctor for some advice, about menstrual cycle, ovulation and fertility period.

Chromosomal abnormalities can occur during the crossover of the genetic material of the ovum and sperm during fertilization. The pairs of chromosomes may not connect well or may break off.  This damage to the chromosomes at this stage may lead to the natural expulsion of the embryo as the pregnancy cannot proceed normally and may end in the form of an early miscarriage.

What is an ideal time for fertilization to occur?

This depends on the ovulation. Every month the ovary releases an egg approximately 12 to 16 days after the first day of your last menstrual cycle. If the periods are regular, then you can even subtract 15 days from the next expected period day and that would be the time you would be ovulating. Once ovulation occurs the egg comes down the fallopian tube into the uterus and if,

In this week the fertilized egg gets implanted in the wall of the Uterus and begins to divide into various cells. A woman may not have any signs or symptoms of pregnancy. She can wait for another week or two to get a pregnancy test done. There are two types of Pregnancy tests. The first one is Urine or Home pregnancy test. This test can be done at home.

Let us see what happens in the second week of Pregnancy. There are a lot of changes in a pregnant woman's body relating to the increase in hormones. 

With Doctor’s advice, she should start her exercise routine like walking and also makes changes in her food habits.

Did you know that the sex of the child is actually determined by the sperm of the father? Sperm carries the genetic blueprint for the gender. The gender of the baby is determined at the moment of fertilization of the sperm and the egg. Each of us - Male or female started as an embryo, developed from the fertilization of the sperm and the egg. Both the internal and external sex organs are formed early in pregnancy and by the fifth month of pregnancy, if the baby growing is a female, then all the eggs she will ever produce in her life ( around five million of them)

Around 5 million sperms are seen in the ejaculate of a man. The sperms released during an ejaculation, swim their way from the vagina to the fallopian tube. Their end goal is to fertilize the ovum -the egg of the female. But, to reach the end goal, they have to pass through multiple hurdles - the recesses in the cervix, vagina, and the uterus or the White blood cells which may be present in the woman, if she is suffering from any infection.