Pregnancy, week by week
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Each trimester has its own rhythm of symptoms, scans and decisions.
Key weeks
The moments most parents ask about: the first test, the first screening, halfway, the third trimester, early term and the due date.
Week 4: a missed period and a positive test
About the size of a poppy seed
Implantation finishes and the embryo starts forming the structures that will support it: the amniotic sac, the yolk sac and the beginnings of the placenta. A home test can turn positive from about now.
Week 12: the dating scan
About the size of a lime · 14 g
Your baby can curl its toes, clench its fists and make sucking movements. The intestines move into the abdomen and the kidneys produce urine. Many parents share the news after this week's scan.
Week 20: halfway there
About the size of a banana · 300 g
You are at the midpoint. Your baby swallows regularly, produces meconium in the bowel and is starting to develop taste buds. The anatomy scan usually happens around now.
Week 28: the third trimester
About the size of an aubergine (eggplant) · 1 kg
Your baby can blink, has eyelashes and dreams in REM sleep. Fat is layering up and the brain is forming its characteristic grooves. Appointments now become more frequent, and you will be asked about movements at each one.
Week 37: early term
About the size of a bunch of Swiss chard · 2.9 kg
From 37 weeks and 0 days your baby is early term. Breathing, grasping and sucking are practised daily and the head is likely engaged. Lungs and brain still benefit from every extra day until 39 weeks.
Week 40: your due date
About the size of a small pumpkin · 3.5 kg
This is the week of your due date, but most babies arrive within two weeks either side of it. Your baby is fully developed and still adding fat. The skull bones will overlap slightly during birth.
After the birth: 0–24 months
Month by month: growth, skills, feeding, sleep, check-ups and the Uzbekistan vaccination calendar.
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Topics
From planning a pregnancy to toddler years. Articles are being added section by section.
Planning a pregnancy
Getting ready to conceive: health checks, fertility, ovulation and what to do when it takes longer than expected.
5 sections
Pregnancy
Week by week changes, symptoms, nutrition, work, travel and the problems that can come up along the way.
4 sections
Birth
Preparing for labour, what happens during birth, pain relief, caesarean birth and recovery afterwards.
3 sections
Newborn
The first weeks at home: feeding, sleep, bathing, health checks and what to buy.
5 sections
Toddler
Ages one to three: routines, food, potty training, safety and the big feelings.
5 sections
Child development
Play, books, learning and health from the first smile to the first day of school.
4 sections
Psychology
Looking after yourself, your relationship and your children's emotional world.
4 sections
Lifestyle
Home, style, money, career and staying active while raising a family.
5 sections
Your pregnancy companion in Telegram
Our bot sends you a short weekly digest for your exact week, your due date countdown, upcoming checkups, a kick counter and a contraction timer. After the birth it switches to monthly development updates.
- ✓A short digest every new week
- ✓Countdown to your due date
- ✓Reminders about upcoming checkups
- ✓Kick counter and contraction timer