Week 2 of pregnancy: symptoms and recommendations for the mother

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In a gestation of 40 weeks counting from the first day of the last menstruation, the second week of pregnancy is one in which the woman prepares her body for it: the proliferation of the endometrium and ovulation takes place.

The fertilization or implantation of the embryo has not yet occurred, that is, the conception has not yet taken place. However, all professionals in the world of reproduction take as a reference the start of the menstrual cycle to start counting the weeks of pregnancy.

This is the reason why the first and second weeks of pregnancy are somewhat special in the sense that the woman is not pregnant yet. Some specialists call them the weeks before conception.

During these weeks there are also important changes in the woman's body that are related to the beginning of pregnancy and, therefore, we must dedicate a little attention.

Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article.

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Week 2 of pregnancy: symptoms and recommendations for the mother

What happens in the uterus and in the ovary?

As we have said, the second week of pregnancy corresponds to the second week of the menstrual cycle. Specifically, this would be the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, also called the preovulatory phase.

With the beginning of the menstrual cycle in the previous week, the pituitary gland begins to secrete hormones FSH and LH, which are responsible for the functioning of the ovary. In the second week, these hormones reach their maximum, which allows the following events to take place:


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