# Day 69: What should ease

> Nine weeks and six days, the last day of week nine. The sources give rough weeks for when nausea and tiredness usually lift. Today you write them next to your own list.

- Series: Your third month of pregnancy, day by day (https://chorevia.com/learn/pregnancy-month-3), day 69 of 280, 9 weeks + 6 days
- Your baby this week: about the size of a strawberry; around 22 mm from head to bottom
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- Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
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This guide is general education that summarizes published research and guidance from groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, and the WHO. It isn’t medical advice, and every child develops on their own timeline. Your pediatrician knows your child; if something feels wrong, call them. In an emergency, call 911.

Nine weeks and six days: the last day of week nine. The NHS keeps saying the early symptoms "should ease over the coming weeks." Today you pin down which weeks, so the waiting has a shape.

## Your baby

Around 22mm from head to bottom, about the size of a strawberry, with the face, hands and feet forming and the eyes getting bigger ([NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-9/)). Next week the NHS's size comparison moves up to a small apricot ([NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-10/)).

## Your body

The rising hormones behind the tiredness, nausea and mood swings should ease over the coming weeks ([NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-9/)). Here are the weeks the sources actually give. Morning sickness can begin between 4 and 8 weeks and typically goes away by 16 to 18 weeks; severe nausea often improves by weeks 14 to 16, though some women have symptoms the whole pregnancy ([MedlinePlus](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001499.htm)). The Office on Women's Health says morning sickness generally eases by the second trimester, and that nausea and fatigue usually ease in the second trimester, weeks 13 to 28 ([OWH](https://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/youre-pregnant-now-what/body-changes-and-discomforts); [OWH](https://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/youre-pregnant-now-what/stages-pregnancy)).

Why it eases: by week 12 the placenta has taken over feeding the baby from the yolk sac, so hormone levels should begin to settle and appetite may return ([NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-12/)); by week 14 energy and appetite may return as nausea and tiredness ease ([NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/2nd-trimester/week-14/)).

## Try today

### The easing list

- **Time:** 10 minutes

1. Write the three symptoms you most want gone, worst first.
2. Beside each, write the week the sources give: nausea, typically by 16 to 18 weeks ([MedlinePlus](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001499.htm)); tiredness, usually easing in the second trimester, from week 13 ([OWH](https://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/youre-pregnant-now-what/stages-pregnancy)).
3. Write today's week, 9, underneath, and the number of weeks between.
4. Keep the page. On the day you notice one has gone, write the date next to it.

**Make it work:** These are typical weeks, not promises. If yours runs long, it isn't a sign something is wrong; it's a reason to tell your provider.

## Watch for

- **Normal:** nausea that comes and goes through the day ([NICHD](https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/pregnancy/conditioninfo/signs)). **Call your provider** if you cannot tolerate any fluids for over 12 hours, or lose more than 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) ([MedlinePlus](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001499.htm)).
- **Normal:** being sick now and then. **Call your provider** for severe, constant nausea or vomiting several times a day ([OWH](https://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/youre-pregnant-now-what/body-changes-and-discomforts)).
- **Normal:** low days as the hormones do their work ([NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-9/)). **Call your provider** to seek support for anxiety, low mood or practical worries; the NHS lists all three as reasons to ask ([NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-10/)).

## For you

You are in the last stretch of the first trimester. NICHD counts it as weeks 1 to 12 ([NICHD](https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/pregnancy/conditioninfo)); MedlinePlus runs it through week 14 ([MedlinePlus](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000544.htm)). Either way, you are more than halfway through it.

If you're the partner: ask which symptom is top of her list, and then stop asking how she feels every hour. One good question beats twenty.

## Sources

- NHS. "Week 9." Week-by-week guide to pregnancy, Best Start in Life. https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-9/
- NHS. "Week 10." Week-by-week guide to pregnancy, Best Start in Life. https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-10/
- NHS. "Week 12." Week-by-week guide to pregnancy, Best Start in Life. https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/1st-trimester/week-12/
- NHS. "Week 14." Week-by-week guide to pregnancy, Best Start in Life. https://www.nhs.uk/best-start-in-life/pregnancy/week-by-week-guide-to-pregnancy/2nd-trimester/week-14/
- MedlinePlus. "Hyperemesis gravidarum." Medical Encyclopedia, National Library of Medicine. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001499.htm
- Office on Women's Health. "Body changes and discomforts." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/youre-pregnant-now-what/body-changes-and-discomforts
- Office on Women's Health. "Stages of pregnancy." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/youre-pregnant-now-what/stages-pregnancy
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. "What are some common signs of pregnancy?" National Institutes of Health. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/pregnancy/conditioninfo/signs
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. "About Pregnancy." National Institutes of Health. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/pregnancy/conditioninfo
- MedlinePlus. "Prenatal care in your first trimester." National Library of Medicine. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000544.htm