Lovely to suck on the thumb<\/strong><\/p>\n The little heart is beating extremely fast at the moment, probably more than 160 beats per minute. Later in the pregnancy, the heart rate decreases slightly to approximately between 120 and 160 beats per minute. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, your baby is becoming more and more of a little human, even showing human traits already. For instance, there is a good chance your child is already happily sucking on their thumb and can grasp things with their hands. Occasionally, your child might grab the umbilical cord, for instance. This is harmless, as it is well protected by a jelly-like layer. <\/p>\n Another human trait: your child stretches out thoroughly every now and then and will yawn unashamedly while doing so. Too bad you can’t see *that*… <\/p>\n The midwife will try to listen to the heartbeat with the Doppler. It is and remains very special to hear your child’s heartbeat for that very first time. But don’t be too disappointed if you don’t hear anything yet. Sometimes the twelfth week is simply just a little too early. You will definitely hear it next time. <\/p>\n In principle, your midwife will continue to monitor your pregnancy if it proceeds without complications. If there is a risk of complications, you will be referred to a gynecologist. Sometimes this is known early in the pregnancy, for example because you have diabetes or had a caesarean section last time. However, it is also quite possible that you will be referred to a gynecologist later in your pregnancy. He or she will then determine whether you remain under the gynecologist’s care or can return to the midwife later. <\/p>\n Due to physical discomfort and a changed hormonal balance, you may react very differently now than you normally did. You might suddenly burst into tears over trivialities or get angry easily. Your sex life may be on the back burner for quite a while. Take comfort: later, in the fourth month, your sex life will surely pick up again. Many women experience a tremendous urge to make love precisely at that time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Week 12 Lovely to suck on the thumb Your baby The little heart is beating extremely fast at the moment,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1653,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"templates\/flex.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1779","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1780,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1779\/revisions\/1780"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Your baby<\/h3>\n
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