Belly at 12 weeks gestation

Each future mother is looking forward to the moment when she will begin to appear the first visible signs of her position. In many, especially the first-born, this happens on the 12th week of pregnancy and the stomach becomes visible. The kid actively grows, beginning with the end of the first trimester, and every week the circumference of the tummy will skyrocket.

On what does the big or small belly depend on the 12th week of pregnancy?

The size of the tummy to the end of the first trimester depends both on the individuality of the particular woman and on other factors. It can be:

• Multiple or normal pregnancy;
• height and weight of the parents of the future baby at birth;
• localization of the placenta;
• weight and features of the figure of the pregnant;
• first or repeated pregnancy.

So, whether the belly is visible at the 12th week of pregnancy, or it appears a little earlier or later, depends on many reasons, and it is impossible to foresee it in advance.

How does the belly look like at week 12?

Since the grown uterus does not fit in the pelvic region, it rises every week with every week, and by the end of the first trimester it is easy to feel it with your hands over the frontal articulation. The woman has not yet lost her waist and the tummy looks like a small bumpkin just above the pubic bone, if the future mommy is slim. Or it is simply rounded, not sticking out, if the pregnant woman has a small excess of weight.

The size of the abdomen at 12 weeks of pregnancy largely depends on how the placenta is located in the uterus. If it is attached to the back wall, the belly will not be visible so soon, but if the "baby seat" is located along the front wall, an additional volume is created and the stomach is quickly rounded. Sometimes, mummies that have such an arrangement of the placenta at the end of the first trimester acquire a more free wardrobe.