Week By Week

Week Nine of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development Ladies and Gentlemen, we have movement. In its ninth week of gestation, your embryo is starting to flex, twitch and quiver deep within. Of course, it’s still only approximately an inch long, so you won’t be able to feel it. However, ultrasounds show embryos at this stage trying out movements for the first [...]

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Week Three of Pregnancy

Baby’s development Ovulation occurs this week and your baby begins its intense nine month journey to meet you! Whereas the rest of your cycle is divided into phases, ovulation is considered an event. It’s a time sensitive, short window of opportunity as anyone who has been trying to conceive can attest.

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What to Expect from Your Baby–9-12 Months

Last year around this time, you had a beautiful pregnant belly, and were awaiting your baby’s arrival. Now, you are playing with him, enjoying his first foods, maybe even his first step! As your baby grows, so does his ability to remember. He may surprise you and remember a gesture he saw a few days [...]

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What to Expect from Your Baby–6-9 months

These months fly by so quickly! Already over half of a year has gone by since your baby was born. And what a difference 6 months makes! She has progressed from a tiny infant to a baby that can hold herself up and can express herself with laughter, noises and many different cries. During these [...]

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Week Thirty-Nine of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development Your baby has reached his final birth position by now and it’s only a matter of time until you welcome her into the world. She has flipped nicely and her head is resting against your cervix, cradled in your pelvis. Her little head is approximately 4 inches in diameter and it won’t take [...]

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Week Thirty-Three of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development If your pregnancy were to be compared to a nine-month flight, you are now officially approaching the runway. Both you and your baby are getting ready for birth and this week marks a very special turning point. Your fetus has run out of room! You are now carrying the maximum amount of amniotic [...]

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Week Twenty-Seven of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development Your little one is in the home stretch, development-wise, as he enters the third trimester. These last weeks are a time of increasing growth for your baby as his organs are almost completely developed. He’ll start to put on fat and inches at an astounding rate! His lungs of course, will not be [...]

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Week Twenty-One of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development At this point in your pregnancy, your little baby has almost quadrupled his weight, typically weighing in at almost three quarters of a pound! Your baby has become so big, that the measurement system officially changes at this time. Whereas previously fetal measurements were taken from crown to rump due to the curled [...]

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Week Fifteen of Pregnancy

Baby’s Development One of the lesser-known facts of pregnancy is that a woman’s amniotic fluid is strongly affected by what she eats. Studies have shown that women who love highly spiced foods such as curry, garlic, onion and chili have strongly scented fluids. This means that your little one will be exposed to all the [...]

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