The whole course of being pregnant can span in up to 40 weeks or roughly 9 to 10 months. Since it involves so many changes in your body and in your unborn child, the whole duration of pregnancy has been conventionally divided into 3 trimesters, each consisting around 3 months. This allows us to segmentally deal with some challenges that come with childbearing. In this article, we will be focusing more on the changes and ordeals within yourself and for your baby, particularly if you are one month pregnant.

Your Baby and Your Belly During the First Month

As you may have already learned in other resources, the 1st trimester, specifically the 1st month of pregnancy, is the most critical period of your baby's development. This is the point wherein the crossroads between going through with the pregnancy and having to abort the pregnancy with a miscarriage is most prominent. Outwardly, you may hardly notice any changes in your body unless you look close enough.

1. The 1 month pregnant belly

By this time, you may have already learned about your pregnancy by taking a pregnancy test after having a missed period. However, some would delay consultation with their obstetricians because during this time, there are not much of physical changes going on with your body.

If you look close enough, you would notice that being 1 month pregnant is associated with little to no increase in the prominence of your lower abdomen. Your belly usually becomes noticeable at around 12 weeks or 3 months. This is when your womb becomes palpable behind the bone at the front of your pelvic area.

2. Your baby during the first month

The organization of the first few cells for the formation of your baby is the most critical point in the early period of your pregnancy.

In the first 4 weeks of pregnancy, organogenesis, or the formation of organs, happens. Your baby's concern at this time is focused more on the establishment of new organs and body parts instead of growth in size. Any interruptions such as that caused by medications and poor nutrition during this period would usually result to poorly-functioning organs or physical deformations in your unborn baby.

Visible Body Changes If You Are One Month Pregnant

Although there are not much to expect with regards to the development of a baby bump at this time, you can actually see some changes in other areas and systems of the body. More often than not, these changes are seen as somewhat uncomfortable. Anticipation of these changes can help us in managing them early in their course and in keeping yourself free from the unnecessary stresses of early pregnancy.

• Sore nipples

One of the first things you may notice in your body even before your baby bump becomes noticeable is discomfort on your nipples. This is because breast remodelling normally accompanies pregnancy. You may notice that your breasts increase in size and may be a cup larger than your pre-pregnancy size.

The discomfort can be explained by the increased blood flow to your breasts and the resulting engorgement. Hormone surges may also be at play. This can be managed by wearing an appropriate wide-strapped brassiere and by keeping your nipples clean and dry.

• Tiredness

Since your body is busy building another human being, you may notice that you become more tired at the end of the day. This could be explained by the deficiencies in your diet, along with the queasy feeling from all the surging hormones associated with pregnancy. Your body is still adjusting to this change, which is why it may not be able to keep up all the time, especially if you need to work or be active for a day.

A good nap and a healthy diet is usually sufficient to recharge your body and maintaining your pregnancy. Also, taking things slow can always go a long way.

• Sensitive to smells

As you may have noticed if you are one month pregnant, you tend to be easily uncomfortable with certain smells. This is because the increase in the amount of hormones in your body tend to heighten up your senses. Although this can sometimes be seen as an advantage, this can also result to more episodes of queasiness and vomiting.

A good way to deal with this is to avoid exposure by telling your loved ones to make gentle adjustments with the smelly food, toiletries, and household products in your home or work area.

• Constipation

The increase in hormones in your body when you are one month pregnant can result to certain gastrointestinal manifestations, one of which is constipation. Pregnancy hormones compete with the ones that regulate digestion and waste elimination, resulting to poor function of your large intestines. This usually manifests as constipation. One way to deal with this is to increase the bulk of your stool by incorporating a lot of fiber in your diet and by drinking lots of water.