Pregnancy Calendar
Find out what's happening each day - week by week! We have links to articles, books, products, and even peer-to-peer anecdotes to help you through your entire pregnancy! The calendar features links to hundreds of articles, our fetal development section, fetal development pictures, what you'll need -- when you'll need it, peer advice, book suggestions and more!
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1 Suggested Reading: Seasons of Change: Growing Through Pregnancy & Birth, by Suzanne Arms. | 2 Lunar Month 3, 8 wks LMP (6 wks gestation) Your baby is about the size of a coffee bean! Please stay away from diet drinks and foods containing aspartame or saccharin. | 3 Baby Weighs 0.04 ounces or 1 gram; 0.64 inches or 1.6 cm in length.  | 4 Learn about pregnancy by reading books! Check out what's available, what's new, what's not. You'd be surprised! | 5 Your partner or spouse isn't making it up that they are having a sympathetic pregnancy. Couvade is a condition that causes weight gain, nausea, mood swings, and all the rest in daddy or your partner too! | 6 Remember, smaller meals help heart-burn and water, fiber, and exercise help constipation. Don't stop being active. | 7 Embryo becomes a fetus! Congratulations! All organs necessary to sustain life are formed. |
8 Douching during pregnancy could rupture membranes or cause an infection. Either way, it should be avoided. | 9 9 wks LMP (7 wks gestation) You may find your libido has changed. You'll either not want to have sex, or your sex drive will increase. | 10 Suggested Reading: The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts, by William and Martha Sears, et al. | 11 Baby's brain can be seen in fetal photography. Intestines have formed outside the baby (on the umbilical cord) because they can't fit inside yet. | 12 Baby weighs 0.07 ounces or 2 grams and is about 0.9 inches or 2.3 cm in length.  | 13 Between now and week 12 LMP is the time for a Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) test if you need one. This test checks for abnormalities afflicting the fetus. | 14 Kidneys become functional and baby urinates into amniotic fluid. Sex organs begin to develop. |
15 Baby may begin moving, though it's much too small to feel yet. | 16 10 wks LMP (8 wks gestation) You may notice your gums are swollen and bleeding when you brush your teeth. This is from hormones and increased blood flow. | 17 Oh my aching back! Some women experience sciatic-nerve pain (a pain in the rear end or legs). | 18 Baby weighs 0.14 ounces or 4 grams. Baby is 1.22 inches or 3.1 cm in length. There is about one ounce of amniotic fluid. Fingers and toes become more distinct. | 19 Exercise makes you feel better, but take it easy; keep heart rate below 140 beats per minute. If you're a professional athlete, check with your trainer. | 20 Your first prenatal visit is very important. Dads, you should go too! There is a thorough physical exam, and questions asked about your family's medical history. | 21 Personal Reflection: "I was so excited to finally reach 3 months because I could begin my prenatal care with my midwife." |
22 The ongoing process of baby's organ development is called organogenesis. Baby's hands are more developed than feet, and arms are longer than legs. | 23 11 wks LMP (9 wks gestation)  | 24 Kegel exercises keep you strong and help you maintain bowel and bladder control during birth. | 25 Baby weighs 0.25 ounces or 7 grams. Baby is now 1.61 inches or 4.1 cm long. Mothers' develop a large increase in blood content to help the baby. Baby's eyelids are shut over developing eyes. | 26 Click the picture to get your fetal doppler equipment from StorkRadio.com, most trusted in the business. Bond with your baby today!  | 27 Wash your hands thoroughly after handling raw meat and cook meat all the way through. | 28 You'll probably receive ABO/Rh blood typing to check for blood compatibility between you and baby. |
29 Bones begin to grow. Ribs and backbone are soft -- they'll harden later. | 30 Lunar Month 4, 12 wks LMP (10 wks gestation) |
