You are 10 weeks pregnant.

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At this point of your pregnancy, the crown-to-rump length of your developing baby is 1.25 to 1.68 inches. It is now easier to tell how much the baby weighs since he is beginning to put on some weight. Your baby weighs approximately 5 grams and is the size of a small plum! The baby has grown an incredible amount during these past few weeks, but you still are not showing too much yet.


Fetus in pregnancy week 10	Click for a bigger movie of this busy boy

This week is somewhat of a landmark for your developing baby. By now, your babys complete body plan is laid down. Your baby will continue to develop and grow for the remainder of the pregnancy. The fingers and toes have separated and the tail has disappeared now. Your baby has taste and tooth buds at this point, which will continue to develop. The brain will continue to grow at an amazing rate and nearly a quarter of a million new neurons are produced every minute! The embryonic heart is completely developed. External genitalia are not apparent until next week, but the testes in baby boys will already be producing testosterone.

Because you have high hormone levels at this time, you may notice an abundance of emotional and physical effects. Most pregnant women find themselves getting distressed easily and have frequent mood swings. Common physical changes include the beginning of real weight gain, potential softening of the gums and slightly swollen thyroid glands. Common emotional changes include feelings of unattractiveness, feelings of inadequacy and concerns about what the future holds. Some women are not excited about their pregnancy at first and question the condition. Moodswings are not uncommon and many pregnancy women tend to get upset easily, cry at the slightest things, feel moody or drift on daydreams.

You may have gained a little weight already. Average weight gain during pregnancy is about 28lbs(13kgs), but most of that is gained in the second and third trimester.

See also:

Fetal Development

Children and Pregnancy

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frenchie23 - 13.4 hours ago
Now that Im takin my prescription for my m/s I feel great but I don't feel pregnant anymore, damn!! LOL I can't wait till Friday and get to hear the heart beat again...... I went last Tuesday and it was at 150bpm... Felt so good to know my lil bean is doing good... :P

frenchie23 - 13.5 hours ago
Obviously my injuries weren't THAT bad but I'm glad we made the right decision...

frenchie23 - 13.8 hours ago
Andrea, yes X-ray ARE dangerous... I'm going to the dentist next week for check up/cleaning and I can't get the xray done even tho they cover your body with a vest and only xray my mouth... When I got prego with DD I fell off a horse on my neck, wasn't sure if I was prego yet or not and my doctor wanted to order x-rays and when I told him we were ttc and there was a chance I could be, he said we'll wait till I can do a prego test in a few day, got a positive and told me we shouldn't do the x-rays....

AndreaV - 15.5 hours ago
Ok guys I have a question. On wednesday I'm going on a trip to florida (yay for warm weather!) and I was doing some reading and now I'm super paranoid. Im thinking about asking for a pat down at security instead of going thru the scanner because I read about all the xrays affecting the pregnancy in the 1st trimester. Am I being crazy? I kinda feel like I am cause wouldn't this be something our drs told us if it were true? Plus my airport is one of the busiest in the country so it might make me late to mess with going thru security. Any of you guys know anything about this?

frenchie23 - 1 days ago
Yay Andrea!! I'm glad it somewhat worked for you... I can't wait till its actually all sorted out and fixed.... I got all my friends back.. and I forgot to say, I had to add a pic to get my pics back... All my polls were gone until I posted a new one.. and i THINK to get our child's history back we have to delete and recreate but I haven't tried that yet....

AndreaV - 1 days ago
Yay frenchie! It worked! Kinda... I lost my friends and everything else but at least i have my name back. I was starting to run out of names to use!

frenchie23 - 1 days ago
*** go to add/edit pictures, then pics will pop up and you have your pics back, I just did and it worked ;-)

frenchie23 - 1 days ago
Hey ladies, a girl posted in the polls how to get your profile back and I got mine back, you have to re sign up but with your same name and info and.. it worked for me, aparently you can get your pics back by uploading a pic but I didn't want to take a chance and lose everything again but it worked for a few of us...

mfbrown - 2 days ago
I agree! lol I have been on the site for years now and never had problems like I do now!

NewAndrea - 2 days ago
Its funny that even though it keeps happening we keep coming back!

NewAndrea - 2 days ago
haha I think the same thing happened to everyone with their account! This is the third one I had to make. And of course nobody ever got back to me to let me know what happened and what I can do to fix it. I dunno whats going on with this site lately.... I never had a problem in the 4 years I was on here until now!

mfbrown - 2 days ago
Well... I had to get a new alias but I am back. This is mfbrown. The site wouldn't allow me to login or even recognize that my username was a username. Frustrating! Anyways, here I am! :0)

mamagris - 2 days ago
Amjohnso-I felt my DS move for the first time at 10 weeks and I have been feeling little movements off and on with this one for about a week now. Some people don't think that it is possible but I beg to differ. I think it all has to do with where the baby is located in your uterus. Unless a whole bunch of us are just crazy! LOL! I have read many others feeling slight movements too.

amjohnso - 3 days ago
Morning Sickness hasn't been a big issue for me. This is my seocnd pregnancy and both I have been queazy (especially if my stomach is empty), but overall controllable. What I find overwhelming odd is that I started feeling small movements on Monday!!! Is anyone else feeling activity? I felt my daughter when I was 15 wks. This seems WAY too early to feel anything! I have felt it everyday since Monday. It makes me wonder if I am farther along than 11 weeks tomorrow???

Marlène(frenchie) - 3 days ago
My doctor prescribed me Diclectin for my m/s... Works great so far, I can finally eat and keep it all down :-)

Marlène(frenchie) - 3 days ago
Hi ladies, I just wanted to drop in and say hi. I was unable to participate to anything and it wouldn't allow me to make a new profile for a week due to that *#@$!! glitch that's going on... My user name was frenchie23..... On the caffeine subject, I drink 6 oz of weak coffee everyday... My doctor told me 6oz a day is fine and it personally helps with my headaches for some reason.... And energy :-)

4Lets - 3 days ago
I get the suffering through the sickness. I have a 20 month old, 3 year old and 4 year old. It's not fun. I've found Twizzlers really take the edge off the nausea.

mamagris - 3 days ago
I have tried Chai Tea and it doesn't do it for me...That is what i originally intended to switch to for the weening process off of caffein. I guess I could just suffer through but it is hard with an 8 month old that needs so much attention. I too have been experiencing the cramping you are all talking about. It freaks me out-but it did happen with DS so I am trying to not worry. I am having VERY STRANGE DREAMS however, and they aren't fun. I have to stop watching scary movies cuz I will have dreams about them LOL!

4Lets - 4 days ago
mamagris- Gingerale for the sickness and chai tea for the fatigue.

SU90 - 4 days ago
My profile is blank!!!

mamagris - 4 days ago
So the only way to feel somewhat productive during the day is if I drink at least a 1/2 cup of coffee...It sucks, I didn't drink caffien with DS and have tried several times over these last 6 weeks to stop drinking coffee but one day without and I am totally worthless. :( I know that some is ok but I still don't like it. I have tried tea with honey but it doesn't do a think for the nausea and fatigue. What are you ladies doing to cope with fatigue and sickness?

NeedABoy-MaybeTwo! - 4 days ago
that so sucks mfbrown! But I would have and am going to throw fits for what I want this time around! Just wait til a tech decides I can't get a genitals shot of my own child... Ohh you just wait. I've heard ppl say that happened to them and Oh My it better not happen to me... :)

mfbrown - 4 days ago
Well, my doctor today had HORRIBLE patient manners I think. He did the whole ultrasound with the screen facing away from me! I HATED it! I have never had a doctor do this before! He didn't even give me a picture when I left. I was bawling when I got home. DH called the office and they said they would give me one if I came back in so I went in and they gave me 1 pic from the u/s. Anyways. It went good. Blinky heart, got to hear the clomping heartbeat. Measuring on target. That's about it for my report! :0P

SLK - 5 days ago
Mommy-of-3 I have been having a very similar problem, I think it's wind because I get really bloated by the of the day...this morning though I had mild period like cramping which was not wind but after 30 mins or so they slowly went away it was concerning at first but I didn't have any bleeding so I'm putting it down to round ligament pain.

SU90 - 5 days ago
i have them too but less than before. i noticed i get them when i stay on a wrong position for long.

mommy-of-3 - 5 days ago
Anyone else experiencing a lot of cramping lately? I have had a couple of nights that were kind of painfull and the other night I had it in my stomach and in my lower back at the same time. Usually if I go to sleep with it I wake up feeling better, but it seems like once a day or so I'm cramping. Just wondering if anyone else is having this experience?

ziggya - 5 days ago
Good luck tomorrow MFbrown! I had my first US today. With my DD I had my first one at 6 weeks, so I felt like this one was late too. But everything went well and it was so fun to see the little one!!

mfbrown - 5 days ago
My first doc apt is tomorrow. I am nervous! I have never had to wait so long for a first apt before. The first one I was seen at 6 weeks and the 2nd was at 8. So now here it is over 10! :0P I'll have a peace of mind after I see ONE baby with ONE lil heartbeat haha.

NeedABoy-MaybeTwo! - 6 days ago
*hugs* mkc. I see the doc for the 1st time day after tmw.

SU90 - 6 days ago
Sorry about your loss, your baby goes to heaven and hope to see you soon...

amjohnso - 6 days ago
I am SO SORRY...I have been there. I know there is nothing we can say to make the pain go away. But know that God has a plan. You and your family are in my prayers!!!

gaelad - 6 days ago
So sorry! Hope to see you back soon!

mfbrown - 6 days ago
Very very sorry to hear about the loss of your baby... *hugs*

myfirstmkc - 7 days ago
No heart beat.. baby stopped growing at 9w2d.. my journey with all of u in this forum ends today. Hope to join again soon.. thanks for all your support..

NeedABoy-MaybeTwo! - 7 days ago
bland here too aside from canned chili. Gonna brave a spicy chicken sandwich later - slowly in case HE (?!) doesn't like it. McChicken and a small fry is what I've been craving and scarfing down. Last night it was a McDouble instead. Nomnom. So much for eating healthy!

SU90 - 7 days ago
Fast soup what Im dying for!!! lol

Krissy61 - 7 days ago
yeay, 10 weeks and 1 day. just returned from first ante natal appt and saw my little baby's heartbeating soooooo fast, it's confirmed - i'm pregnant. hope that everybody else is feeling great

gaelad - 7 days ago
Today, I was craving hot dogs! Mmmm. So good!

mfbrown - 7 days ago
Bland tastes here.. lol I can't really manage much so I eat plain ice cream or potatoes or toast.... I dunno, my last craving for less bland was Chinese. That was yummy for that one day haha.

sweetbabyboy - 7 days ago
Help! I'm addicted to nachoes with melted cheese whiz and tons of jalepenos on top!!! Lol, what is everyone else craving? I made a chili for supper but can't eat it :( the smell makes me feel sick! Nachoes it is! Lol

mfbrown - 8 days ago
I think sometimes it takes a little for it to catch up with the changes in weeks

mfbrown - 8 days ago
hurrah for week 10! My apt is on the 8th. Which is finally coming SOON haha :0)

emsbaby1 - 8 days ago
Pears and apples really work for constipation. I went to the clinic a third time because of this and they say no uti!! 3 diff drs. This one said is is prob bacterial vaginitis and gave me cream. Praying it works. Had blood tests cause there was sugar in my urine. Hoping I just ate a lot of sugar! Is anyone's ms passed? I think mine has but the peeing/bit peeing is driving me nuts so hard o really tell. Sux having to work with the public when u feel so blah. Ugh pity me lol. Hoping soon my pregnancy turns into my last one...it was wonderful

JH - 8 days ago
yup. should have known. m/s today...not the anger issues.

NeedABoy-MaybeTwo! - 9 days ago
I feel like trash the majority of the time, and my house looks like I haven't moved in a month. Wonder why?

SU90 - 9 days ago
My name doesnt show :( anyways my body makes voices when i sleep on my left side so this morning i got tired of sleeping on the right side and changed to left. when i did that, i felt fast heart beats where the baby is, i got off of the bed fast and shocked. its weired :S

spencerbaby1 - 9 days ago
mines now showing either but my profile brings me to this page. oh well

sweetbabyboy - 9 days ago
My name has disappeared too!

SLK - 9 days ago
My name isn't there either

JH - 9 days ago
Extreme anger today (mind you it is triggered by a disobedient kid). i am either having m/s one day or dealing with some anger the next. sheesh.

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