Each week of pregnancy includes a description of your baby's development, as well as an explanation of the changes taking place in your body. You'll also find important medical info that will help keep you and your baby healthy.
After you announce your pregnancy, the first question you'll probably be asked is "When are you due? It's important to remember that your due date is only an estimate — most babies are born between 38 and 42 weeks from the first day of their mom's LMP and only a small percentage of women actually deliver on their due date. Having your baby shower right about now might give you just the boost you need.
Week Don't get too married to your dream delivery: Even if you're hoping for a vaginal birth , there's a nearly 1 in 3 chance you'll have a C-section. Week You may be driving yourself—not to mention your mate—crazy making sure your house is spit-shined and the nursery is fit for a king or queen.
Keep it in perspective: All you really need is a car seat, a place for the baby to sleep, diapers and some basic clothes. Week There's a good chance your body harbors Group B streptococcus bacteria without your knowing it. If it colonizes in the vagina and is left untreated, it can infect your baby at birth.
Week The baby may drop lower into your pelvis in preparation for delivery. This should make it easier to breathe—yet your pee breaks will become ever more frequent. Week Your breasts may be leaking colostrum—your baby's first food. Plus, you may feel so huge and uncomfortable that you're tempted to ask your doctor to induce you early.
Week Your pregnancy is considered full-term now, and the lanugo—the downy hair that covered your baby's body—is starting to disappear. Week If you're still working, don't beat yourself up if you decide to go on leave a little earlier than you planned. Week If you haven't delivered yet, your OB will monitor you more closely.
Some docs will allow women to go two weeks past their due date; most will induce by then. Save Pin More. Our advice as you enter your third trimester? Relax and relish these last weeks of feeling that little being moving inside your body because you just may miss it — a lot! Here's what to expect from week 28 to week 40 of your pregnancy. Start Slideshow. Ask your doctor about doing fetal kick counts, which help assess your baby's well-being.
Read more about being 28 weeks pregnant. What to do now: Try to maximize room in your abdomen by standing and sitting as upright as possible. They are not labour contractions, and not a sign that labour has begun. If this is your first baby, you may notice around 36 weeks that your baby has moved further down into your pelvis.
This is often referred to as 'the baby has engaged or dropped'. You will notice more room near your ribs and breathing will become easier, but this also adds more pressure on your bladder meaning more trips to the toilet. In the last few weeks of this trimester your body begins to prepare for the coming labour. During this last stage of pregnancy, you may be worried or anxious about labour and the birth, or about how you will manage as a parent. Difficulty getting comfortable in bed and frequent bathroom visits can mean poor sleep, which is known to trigger irritability and low mood in some people.
Although most pregnant women see the third trimester as an exciting time and feel positive about the next stage, one in 5 will experience antenatal anxiety or depression. Seek help early if this is how you or your partner are feeling. By week 36, your baby is about 47cm long and weighs approximately 2. If this is your situation, your doctor or midwife will discuss with you what this means for your labour, what your options are and how your baby might be born.
By 40 weeks, your baby will be about 50cm, and weigh approximately 3. Developmentally, your baby is now ready to be born. Through the third trimester you will have frequent antenatal check-ups : about every 4 weeks until 36 weeks, then every 2 weeks after that. Ensure your diet is varied and includes a range of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as sources of protein, iron and calcium.
Weight gain is a normal part of pregnancy and most women can expect to gain between 11 and 16kg. A pregnancy weight gain calculator can be a handy tool to track your weight gain through the third trimester. Prepare to breastfeed, if you plan to.
The best time to learn about breastfeeding is before baby arrives. You might even want to take a breastfeeding class, or hire doula or a lactation consultant for advice or help now or later if you need it. Learn about the stages of labor. Want an epidural or other medication to manage labor pain? Thinking about having a natural birth, possibly in a birthing tub?
Check your birth plan. Just remember, when it comes time to push baby out, not everything always goes exactly as planned — the important part is keeping you and your baby safe and healthy!
Set up your nursery. Commemorate your baby bump. Stock your fridge. Plan financially. The costs of having a baby can add up quickly, so make a new family budget and start following it accordingly. Pack your hospital bag. Arrange for cord blood banking. Learn what happens after birth. Read up on what happens after birth as your body repairs and you begin to adjust to your new role. With your burgeoning belly and lower-than-usual energy levels, you might not be doing very much of anything these days.
Lying on your back. But you should also avoid lying flat on your back during pregnancy, since the entire weight of your uterus and baby can compress the vein that carries blood from your lower body to your heart, causing you to feel nauseous and short of breath. Hot tubs and saunas. If you do take a bath, keep the water at around 97 to 98 degrees F and monitor the levels with a thermometer.
And, of course, be careful not to lose your balance in the tub. Exercising in warm temperatures. Now is not the time to try hot Bikram yoga, after all. Stay indoors to reduce your odds of overheating or becoming dehydrated. No amount of alcohol has been shown to be safe at any point during pregnancy — so make it a mocktail.
Raw or undercooked foods. Raw and undercooked foods mainly poultry, eggs, meat or fish can harbor infection-causing bacteria, so keep them off the menu for the remainder of your pregnancy. Unpasteurized dairy and juices. You may not encounter unpasteurized milk or juices very often, but you may run across certain cheeses that have been made with unpasteurized milk.
Soft cheeses, like Brie, goat, and feta, are common culprits, for example.
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