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Pregnancy By Week

Here we go mum, let the journey commence. So technically you’re not actually pregnant but your pregnancy journey starts the first day of...

You will most likely have finished your period and be waiting for ovulation which usually happens 12-14 days before your next period. Mum...

Welcome to baby making week!!! If you have a 28-day cycle then this is the week you will ovulate and the week you and dad need to seal...

Here we go mum, let the journey commence. You may not even know you are pregnant at this early stage, although some early pregnancy tests...

This is an exciting week for baby which has now become an embryo. You may have only just found out you are pregnant mum, huge congra...

Huge congratulations if you have just found out you are pregnant, such exciting news. If this has come as more of a shock, then don’t...

Your baby continues to develop at great speed and is currently developing their final set of kidneys this week, (they have got through 3...

Hey mum you’ve made it to the 2-month stage, which means only 7 more to go! Over the past few weeks your body has been going through...

Notice any changes in your boobs? This is nature's way of preparing for after your baby is born. If you haven’t been naturally blessed...

It’s booking appointment week! This week (give or take) you should get to meet your midwife, which is an exciting step in your pregnancy...

The end of the First Trimester is in sight, you only have one more week after this to go mum – you’ve got this! Baby is still growing at...

Mum, can you believe baby is now fully formed! All their organs, muscles, limbs and bones are in place and over the next two trimesters...

Congratulations mum, you’re now in your 2nd Trimester and things will start to settle down and hopefully you will be feeling a lot more...

How are your pelvic floor exercises coming along? If you haven’t started yet then there is no time like the present. As baby grows,...

You know how you’ve been talking and singing to baby, well from this week there is a chance they can actually hear you! It may at first...

You should be seeing your midwife again this week and if you are lucky you will get to hear baby’s heartbeat which is usually between 120...

This song comes to mind this week, particularly the lyrics ‘don’t know if I elated or gassy but I’m somewhere in that zone’, and you are...

Do you see what I see? From 18-20 weeks you will be offered your anomaly scan where the sonographer will check your baby in detail to...

You’re so close to the halfway mark, only one week to go! If you’re starting to feel a little sluggish then try upping your exercise to...

Congratulations!!! You are halfway through your pregnancy, only 20 weeks to go, or there abouts, we can never be exactly sure when baby...

This week your baby will weigh more than your placenta for the first time and will remain that way until you give birth in less than 4...

Baby continues to grow and is approx. 27.8cm (from head to heel) about the size of a Moses basket. Talking of Moses baskets, have you...

Have you been feeling those kicks? As you start to feel your baby move more and more, get to know their patterns. You will likely notice...

Amazingly if baby was born this week then there is a fighting chance they would survive! Yes, they would need help with their breathing,...

Week 25 already! If you haven’t already told your employer you are pregnant, then this is the week. No doubt they will have guessed, as...

Around the 26 mark your baby’s eyes will open for the first time. However, their permanent eye colour will not yet be known until several...

Can you believe this is the last week of your 2nd Trimester? From next week you will be entering the final stage of your pregnancy, you...

You’ve made it… welcome to your third trimester, at the end of this you will finally get to meet your baby – you’ve got this mum, not...

You may be starting your antenatal classes in the next few weeks if you have decided that is something you want to do. This can be an...

You’re at the three quarters mark and although you may feel huge, you still have someway to go before baby appears. Although hard, try...

If this is your first baby then you will have another midwife appointment this week, this will be more regular from now as you get closer...

Every day I’m waddlin’ 🐧 Yes mum you may be feeling more like a penguin as you notice you are waddling rather than walking to compensate...

This week marks your baby having a fully developed brain and nervous system – an important milestone and edging closer to the day they...

This week you should have another appointment with your midwife and during this appointment you will be given information about your...

Are you starting your maternity leave this week mum? This is a popular time to stop work, but if its not quite your time, then hang in...

You should have another midwife appointment this week where you will be given more information focusing more on after baby has arrived....

You’ve only gone and done it mum, you have a ‘full term’ baby so if you were to go into labour now then baby wouldn’t be early and is big...

You should have another midwife appointment this week, they will do the usual checks and also discuss what might happen if you go over 41...

How are you doing mum? It can be really hard playing the waiting game but baby will come when they are ready, which hopefully will be...

It’s here, the week you’ve been waiting for and yet so far baby hasn’t arrived, but you really are at the end now and very soon baby will...

It can be difficult getting to this point and baby still hasn’t arrived, with daily messages from well meaning friends and family asking...

This is the week you will finally meet your baby, either you will go into labour naturally or you will be induced. If you do go down the...