Women love to see the mirror every other hour if possible and week eight of pregnancy weekly development suggests that you do it every other hour. Soon the body would change and become rounded with a belly. Pregnancy weight gain has already begun for a few. The dire need to maintain the right pregnancy diet in 8th week is important as is the need to ensure that pregnancy weight increases.
Your baby is quite small right now, just about 5/8 of an inch. The growth continues in this week, the highlight being bone formation. The fingers and toes are growing and the knee joints have also formed. The digestive system too is developing. More facial developments can also be noticed in pregnancy eight week. Blood begins to flow through a rudimentary circulatory system, while the digestive tract continues to grow.
Missing the second menstrual cycle tops the list of the other important things that happen during this week. And because this has happened your Doctor is willing to take your pregnancy seriously. Now when the pregnancy has been technically confirmed, it is time for undertaking a few important tests to ensure the right prenatal development. Blood pressure and weight readings are recorded (to keep a track of the pregnancy weekly), a pelvic exam is conducted which checks the size of uterus, cysts, coloring of cervix, as is a blood test to check immunities, Rh factor, iron level. The urine sample is also checked for hCG and other important proteins.
Apart from the tests, this stage also answers one of your awaited questions. When is the pregnancy due date? Now, because tests have been conducted and growth has been checked, the pregnancy due date calculator starts working to find out the pregnancy due date. Many online pregnancy calculators help calculate.