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You

This is the last week of the first trimester and you could feel more relaxed, as the risk of miscarriage is very low from now on. The most important time in the development of the child has passed. Some couples denote that their sexual life livens up during the second trimester. You do not feel nauseous any more, libido rises and there is a lot of energy. At the same time your body is already preparing for the birth of the child – the colostrum is forming in your breasts – liquid rich in food and vitamins which becomes the first food of the baby after its birth.

 

Your baby

The baby is about 8 cm long and weighs about 28 g. The heartbeat of your baby is now very strong, about two times faster than yours. The hiccup attacks help to train your diaphragm. It has a sense of taste and the vocal chords are forming. Its gums include twenty milk teeth. The eyes move closer to each other and little hairs are going to grow on the skin. If you have a little girl growing in your stomach, she has already over two million eggs in her ovaries.

 

Dr. Marek Šois recommends

Many women have noted that the second trimester is the easiest period of pregnancy. Do not leave this time unused. Enjoy pregnancy and do whatever you like. You can still travel freely now, but during the last pregnancy months many flight companies might not allow you onboard. Just listen to your body and do not tire yourself out. Before travelling to the exotic country, surely consult your doctor regarding vaccination. During the flight drink enough, stretch your legs often and, if possible, stand up and move around.

 

If you have not done it yet, it is not too late for OSCAR test. In case the first-trimester screening performed in the public hospital indicated higher risk of chromosomal pathology, you might be interested in our Panorama test.

 

Why is it important to know the existence of risk of premature birth?

One of the most important complications during pregnancy is the birth before pregnancy week 32. Most children being born before the 24th pregnancy week die and the majority of the ones being born after the 32nd pregnancy week survive. One of the reasons of prematurity is the cervical insufficiency of the pregnant, as a result the cervix opens, amniotic fluid breaks out and the premature birth starts. This is a disorder of composition of cervix – relation between collagen and elastin, due to which the cervix is unable to provide supporting function and starts to open up when the fetus is growing by the increase of the abdominal pressure.

 

These women have been helped for years by placing a cervical suture at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy. This method decreases the risk of premature birth by 25%. At the same time not all premature infants are born as a result of the weak cervix. OSCAR test enables to assess the risk of premature birth, by considering the anamnesis of mother and measuring the length of the cervix inside the vagina. The given method decreases the placing of unnecessary cervical sutures in case of repeated pregnancies up to 50%. As a result of the latest research studies the intravaginal progesterone treatment by risk group pregnant has given the equal result with the cervical suture in avoiding the premature birth.