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🌸 Week 9 of Pregnancy

👶 Your Baby

Your baby is about 30 mm long, the size of a small apricot 🍑

  • Making small movements (visible on scan) 
  • Heart rate around 180 bpm ❤️ 
  • Facial features are more defined 
  • Jaw and early tooth buds forming 
  • Eyes partially closed but light-sensitive 
  • Rapid growth continues

🤰 Your Body

  • Uterus is about the size of an orange 🍊 
  • Clothes may feel tighter 
  • Bloating and indigestion are common 

💡 Progesterone relaxes muscles → causes:

  • Bloating 
  • Heartburn 
  • Digestive changes

⚠️ What to Expect

  • Fatigue 
  • Nausea 
  • Mood swings 
  • Metallic taste 
  • Breast tenderness 
  • Heartburn 
  • Headaches & dizziness 
  • Food changes 
  • Heightened smell 
  • Vaginal discharge 
  • Light spotting 
  • Cramping 
  • Oily skin/acne 
  • Bloating

🥗 Nutrition & Supplementation

  • 400 mcg folic acid daily 
  • Vitamin D 

✔️ Balanced diet
✔️ Small frequent meals

💡 To reduce bloating:

  • Eat slowly 
  • Avoid spicy/fatty foods 
  • Light walk after meals

🏃‍♀️ Exercise

  • 150 minutes per week 

Light walking 🚶♀️

🧠 Wellbeing

You are nearing the end of the first trimester 🤍
Relief is coming soon 🙌

  • Rest well 
  • Ask for support 
  • Talk to your doctor 

📅 What to Expect (Next Steps)

  • Booking appointment 
  • Medical history review 
  • Screening tests 
  • Preparing for scan

🩺 When to See a Doctor

  • Bleeding 
  • Severe pain 
  • Dizziness or fainting 
  • Persistent vomiting

This phase can be challenging, but most women start to feel much better soon.

🌸 You’re almost through the hardest phase of pregnancy 🤍

If you’re feeling tired or dealing with nausea… that’s completely normal, and relief is coming soon

At Dr. Mohamed Abdelghany Clinic, we’re with you every step of the way:
✔️ Comprehensive antenatal care
✔️ Early ultrasound & accurate diagnosis
✔️ Safe, personalized care for you and your baby

💙 Book your visit today and start your pregnancy journey with confidence
Book your visit at Dr. Mohamed Abdelghany Clinic

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