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He is about
5 ounces and 6 to 7 inches long now.
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What
you can expect at this month’s checkup: This month you can expect
your doctor to check the following:
Weight
and blood pressure
Urine,
for sugar and protein
Fetal
heartbeat
Size
of uterus by external palpation
Height
of fundus (top of the uterus)
Hands
and feet for sweelling and legs for varicose veins
Symptoms
you’ve been experiencing, especially unsual ones
Questions
or problems you want to discuss
What you may be feeling: You may experience all of these symptoms
at one time or another or only a few of them. You may also have
other, less common symptoms.
Fatigue
Decreased
urinary frequency
An
end to, or a decrease in nausea and vomiting
Constipation
Heartburn,
indigestion
Continued
breast enlargement but decreased tenderness and swelling
Occasional
headaches
Occasional
faintness or dizziness, particularly with sudden change of position
Nasal
congestion and occasional nosebleeds, ear stuffiness
Bleeding
gums
Increased
in appetite
Mild
swelling of ankles and feet and occasionally of hands and face
Varicose
veins
Slight
whitish vaginal discharge
Fetal
movement near the end of the month
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