All Entries in the "Pregnancy" Category
Pregnancy Trimesters, Teenage Pregnancy: Week 34
Your Baby’s Development Maternal calcium intake is extremely important during pregnancy because the baby will draw calcium from the mother to make and harden bone. If a pregnant woman doesn’t get enough calcium during pregnancy, it can affect her own bones because the developing fetus will take minerals from the mother’s skeletal structure as needed. [...]
Pregnancy Pictures, Pregnancy Calendar: Week 33
Your Baby’s Development In these last few weeks before delivery, the billions of developed neurons in your baby’s brain are helping him or her to learn about the in-utero environment your baby can listen, feel, and even see somewhat. Your baby’s eves can detect light and the pupils can constrict and dilate in response to [...]
Pregnancy Calendar, Pregnancy Calculator : Week 32
Your Baby’s Development The final touches are being placed on your baby masterpiece. Eyelashes, eyebrows, and the hair on your baby’s head are evident. The lanugo hair that has covered your baby since the beginning of the second trimester is falling off, although some may remain on the shoulders and back at birth. At about [...]
Pregnancy Trimesters, Teenage Pregnancy: Week 31
Your Baby’s Development By now your baby is urinating approximately several cups of urine a day into the amniotic fluid. He or she is also swallowing amniotic fluid, which is completely replaced several times a day. Excess fluid in the amniotic sac (known as polyhydramnios) may mean that the baby isn’t swallowing normally or that [...]
Symptoms Of Pregnancy, Pregnancy Calendar: Week 30
Your Baby’s Development Now weighing about 3 pounds (1,400 grams) and measuring about 10.8 inches (27 cm) from crown to rump, your baby continues to gain weight and layers of fat. This fat makes the baby look less wrinkly and will help provide warmth after birth. In preparation for respiration after birth, your baby will [...]
Early Signs Of Pregnancy, Pregnancy Calculator: Week 29
Your Baby’s Development Your baby continues to be active, and those first few flutters of movement have given way to hard jabs and punches that may take your breath away. If you notice a decrease in movement, do a fetal kick count: your baby should move at least 10 times in an hour. If your [...]
Pregnancy Trimesters, Teenage Pregnancy: Week 28
Your Baby’s Development Your baby now weighs about 2 pounds, 2 ounces (1,000 grams) and measures about 10 inches (25 cm) from crown to rump. At your next prenatal appointment, your health care provider may tell you whether your baby is headfirst or feet- or bottom-first (Called breech position) in the womb. Babies who are [...]
Pregnancy Symptoms, During Pregnancy: Week 27
Your Baby’s Development By this first week of the third trimester, your baby looks similar to what he or she will look like at birth, except thinner and smaller The lungs, liver, and immune system still need to fully mature, but if born now, your baby would have a very good chance of surviving. As [...]
Pregnancy Calendar, Pregnancy Calculator : Week 26
Your Baby’s Development Although your baby’s eyes have been sealed shut for the last few months, they will soon open and begin to blink. Depending on ethnicity, some babies will be born with blue or gray-blue eyes (which may change color in the first year of life) and some will be born with brown [...]
Symptoms Of Pregnancy, Pregnancy Calendar: Week 25
Your Baby’s Development You may notice that your baby has resting and alert periods. You’ll notice fetal activity more readily when you are more sedentary. Your baby’s hearing has continued to develop, too — he or she may now be able to hear your voice! Your Body Pregnancy can cause some unpleasant side effects when [...]
