At the end of ten weeks of pregnancy, the baby passes the embryonic period and here starts the baby’s 'fetal' period. In the time of the fetal period, growth of the fetus is rapid. Your baby’s risk of developing congenital malformations decreases here by the tenth week of pregnancy, the congenital malformation generally develops during the first nine weeks of pregnancy. Here you must take long breathe as you are at ease by the end tenth week of pregnancy, as the important and risky stage of development is past.

If you know this better that toxic exposure of any type throughout the pregnancy and even at this stage is hazardous and can be proved damaging to your fetus. The well being and the health of your baby mainly depend upon your care to protect them throughout the pregnancy.

Secondary smoke may be proved harmful during the period of pregnancy. Exposure to secondary smoke is more common that women may not think of during pregnancy. You should try to remove yourself from the environment where you find people smoking. You must not hesitate to gain your needs to protect baby during this important time of pregnancy. It may possible that many of the people understand about your concern and will help you to protect or avoid your baby from the exposure of toxins.

Baby’s organs and other systems start growing rapidly at the end of tenth week of pregnancy. Here the formation of internal organs takes place and the functioning of the vital organs such as kidney, brain, liver and intestines starts. In following next three weeks only the length of the baby grows. Now the body of your bay will show the appearance of growth of tint things which will include the parts such as toenails. If seen closely, hair growth is also noticed on bay’s skin. By this time of your pregnancy, your baby will start kicking and swallowing the amniotic fluid.

At this level of pregnancy, baby’s spinal nerves are also seen visible, and the liver of your baby functions in order to make blood cells.

Your Growth and Development

It may happen that you must be thinking that now you are looking pregnant by ten weeks, but many of the people still won’t able to say that you are pregnant. But that makes no difference. At tenth week of pregnancy and later few weeks you will start marking visible changes in your body, it must be also that your husband may have already passed the comment on your belly, which is now slightly rounded.

Changes in You

Now at this stage of tenth week of pregnancy and some more weeks, you must feel relief from morning sickness.

At the stage of tenth week of pregnancy, you must have started probably feeling more positive regarding your pregnancy. It is quite possible that you can have the opportunity here at this stage first time to hear the heartbeat of your baby when you visit your doctor. It may happen that you and your husband will be send to moon and back on hearing this your baby’s heartbeat sound.