4 Weeks Pregnant

What a big week for baby! But what about that bleeding or discharge? Plus, what prenatal should you be taking?

Baby at 4 Weeks Pregnant 🚼

Exciting things are happening this week, Mama!

Now that baby has officially arrived inside your uterus and implanted into the uterine lining, she’ll begin transitioning from a blastocyst to an embryo. (Which is a fancy way of saying, your little one is growing up!)

Meanwhile, the amniotic sac is forming and filling with fluid. The sac will rupture roughly 36 weeks from now (when your water “breaks”), but from now until then, it will serve some important purposes: to cushion baby from bumps, to regulate her temperature, and to encourage her lung formation. Because, yes, she will swallow and “breathe” the amniotic fluid while in utero.

The “yolk sac” has started coming together now, too. Not entirely unlike the yolk of a chicken egg, the yolk sac will nourish baby until the placenta is fully formed, nearer the start of the 2nd trimester.
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You at 4 Weeks Pregnant 🚺

Your body has (finally!) started producing hCG, but it’s still a wee bit early to detect baby via a home pregnancy test. About 1/3 of women, however, will experience a bit of bleeding or spotting this week. (During implantation, baby may disrupt a few blood vessels in the endometrium, causing some of your uterine lining to shed.)

Though implantation bleeding is typically very light—potentially as light as a drop or two—many women may mistake the sight of blood for their regular menstrual period.

How to tell the difference? Implantation bleeding will start light and remain light, whereas a menstrual flow typically gets heavier over the first day or two of your period. The blood may also appear darker and/or more brownish in color during implantation, and light cramping is fairly common, too.

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Your Perfect Pregnancy Diet 💡

What to Eat When Pregnant- Your Perfect Pregnancy Diet

Many women are looking for that perfect pregnancy diet. One that will help them feel great, nourish their growing baby within, and perhaps help them not gain too much weight.

But there is so much conflicting information out there.
- Eat mostly plants.
- Eat lots of protein.
- Don’t eat salt.
- Do eat salt.
- Eat fish.
- Fish is too high in contaminants.
And then there are women who don’t have the luxury of thinking about the perfect pregnancy diet as they are in the throws of Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a debilitating form of nausea and vomiting.

So what's the perfect pregnancy diet for YOU? Find out in this article.
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Week 4 To-Dos ✅
- Consider taking weekly photos of your growing belly.
- Celebrate! You're pregnant!

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Your Perfect Pregnancy Diet 💡

Your ultimate guide to natural pregnancy.
#1 bestseller.
200,000 copies sold!