Your Baby This Week

Your baby’s arms grow, elbows begin to appear. Toes and eyelids also make an appearance.

Your Nutrient Of This Week

Folic Acid

As you approach your last month of the first trimester, continue supplementing your healthy diet with folic acid to help prevent birth defects.¹

Your Wellness Tips This Week

You can look forward to your second doctor’s visit and possibly hearing your baby’s heartbeat in the coming weeks! And get those scrapbooks ready — you will get the first glimpse of your baby during the upcoming ultrasound.

Your Second Doctor Visit
You will probably have your second prenatal visit sometime between the 9th and 12th week of your pregnancy. Here, your doctor will use a special listening device, called a Doppler, to project the sounds of your baby’s beating heart.

Exercise benefits both you and your baby ^3,4
Keep up with the regular exercise this week. It offers both you and your baby lots of benefits, including:

• Helping alleviate common problems of pregnancy, including backaches, bloating and swelling, and increased fatigue.
• Toning the muscles in your stomach, uterus, and vagina.
• Supporting good metabolism.
• Helping you get back into pre-pregnancy shape sooner.
• Helping improve delivery of oxygen and nutrients to your baby.
• Improving your energy levels.
• Helping you feel better physically and emotionally.
• Adjusting to a new center of gravity.
• Possibly coping better during labour.

References:

¹ Watson S. Folic Acid and Pregnancy. WebMd. Available [Online] at: https://www.webmd.com/baby/folic-acid-and-pregnancy. Accessed on 22 August 2023.
² Verywellfamily. Your Prenatal Care Appointments. Available [Online] at: https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/9/. Accessed on 22 August 2023.
³ ACOG. Exercise During Pregnancy. Available [Online] at: https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/exercise-during-pregnancy. Accessed on 22 Aug 2023.
⁴ Cleaveland Clinic. How to Exercise Safely if You’re Pregnant. Available [Online] at: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/pregnancy-safe-workouts/. Acceseed on 22 August 2023.

* Comparison among all maternal milk in Singapore as of January 2022, as declared on the label.

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