Home based pregnancy test kits are designed to detect pregnancy at the fifth week. Therefore, you should be able to diagnose on your own whether you indeed pregnant or have a delayed menses in the fifth week after missing your usual menstrual period. The growing baby is referred to as an embryo in the fifth week of the gestation period. As the fifth week of pregnancy comes to a close, the embryo will have formed a heart.

Embryo's development during the fifth week of the gestation period

Before the onset of the fifth week, the embryo was nothing but a group of cells. Nonetheless, during the fifth week, the mother can identify each unique body part that has formed using modern technology. These are readily available from all leading hospitals. The spinal cord has not yet formed at this point and is only single neural tube. The swelling that is notable at the middle of the embryo is what is to develop into a full beating heart. At the same time, the placenta gradually grows. The placenta is vital as it the point through which the embryo receives the much needed nutrients from the mother and releases wastes.

The mother's body development at the fifth week of pregnancy

As the embryo slowly develops in the womb, it is important as the mother to watch out what you consume. There are food stuffs that are detrimental to proper development of the life forming inside of you. Other than just causing common defects at birth they may also cause you to either miscarry or have a premature birth. Listed below are different types of food stuffs that you need to steer away from at all cost!

• Avoid eating raw or not properly cooked foods such as meat and eggs.
• Milk is good but stay away from unpasteurized milk as well as juice.

Basically, any kind of raw or half cooked food needs to be avoided. In addition, f you have pets in the house, e.g. cats, delegate the cleaning of the litter box. This is because there are organisms that can easily be passed onto you.

Alternative thought of the pregnancy development at the fifth week

During the fifth week of the pregnancy, the embryo starts to have distinct parts. At this stage the placenta which is the main connection point between the mother and embryo has already formed. The heart is fully beating at this stage and blood circulation is to all parts of the embryo. If the mother were to go for an ultrasound which is a must during the prenatal clinic visit, you will be able to see how the heart beats.

The head can also be differentiated from the rest of the embryo in the fifth week of the pregnancy development. Upon closer scrutiny, you will notice that there is a depression on the embryo's face. These will with time grow into mouth, eyes, nose and ears. Other body parts that are identical during the fifth week are arms and legs.

Some of the emotional imbalances that you experience during this time are due to continued increase in hormones in you. These too are symptoms that you are pregnant.