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What to buy in your third trimester
By Kyrsty Hazell on 10/02/2011 16:22:47
You're now heading towards the countdown to birth, so this trimester, make sure these 10 essential labour and newborn baby items are on your pregnancy shopping list.
Shopping for your birth and baby in your third trimester of pregnancyNow you've entered your third trimester of pregnancy, your bump will be getting to its biggest size. This basically means lifting heavy items and assembling furniture is better left to your partner or any willin...
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40 weeks pregnant
By Maria Muennich on 14/05/2011 01:21:32
You've made it to your due date, but don't expect baby to arrive today...
40 weeks pregnant. We're here and the countdown is officially over, but where's baby? We know by know you feel that you've served your time and deserve to be holding your baby in your arms before the day is out, but your baby is quite likely to have
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33 weeks pregnant - seven weeks left
By Maria Muennich on 27/08/2008 00:57:55
49 days to go until your due date and you're probably feeling a little cramped in there
If you are suffering from stress incontinence then working out your pelvic floor muscles will help, and if you haven't yet experienced any leakage then strengthening these muscles can help it stay that way. If the terms 'pelvic floor' or 'kegel exercises' mean nothing to you, th...
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39 weeks pregnant - just seven days to go
By Maria Muennich on 07/05/2011 00:27:03
Your due date may be seven days off, but baby is most likely to come sometime in the next two weeks, and more likely late than early
You're 39 weeks pregnant, just seven days to go until your due date and, man are you bored! Unless you're one of those few women who are still desperately trying to clear a mountain of paperwork before baby arrives that is... If you've already been on maternity leave for a few we...
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30 weeks pregnant. You're three quarters of the way there
By Maria Muennich on 05/08/2008 13:20:13
The due date is looming on the horizon, so it's time to start getting yourself ready
Congratulations! You're 30 weeks pregnant. 3/4 of the way through your pregnancy and from here on in you may feel like you're counting down the weeks to go until your due date. But if your pregnancy has skipped along reasonably quickly until this point then you can expect to fee...
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32 weeks pregnant - getting there!
By Maria Muennich on 19/08/2008 14:35:40
56 days to go until the due date and you may be ready to take things a little easier
With eight weeks to go the notion of giving birth is probably beginning to seem a little more real to you, and you may be looking forward to the time when your maternity leave starts - if it hasn't already. If you were planning to work right up to, or near, your due date but you'...
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35 weeks pregnant - five weeks till you're a mum
By Maria Muennich on 09/09/2008 11:45:54
You're 35 weeks in and you've got only 35 days to go until you reach your due date
Five weeks to go and you've almost reached your last month of pregnancy, according to your due date at least. By 35 weeks pregnant you may well already have heard from mums from your ante-natal or due month club who have already given birth and at this stage it's very easy to be...
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36 weeks pregnant and counting
By Maria Muennich on 17/09/2008 06:05:57
28 days until you're due and your weekly checks now include seeing what's happening to your cervix
Welcome to your last month of pregnancy! You're 36 weeks pregnant.Sometime in these last few weeks of pregnancy many mums-to-be feel their baby drop down into the pelvis, shifting weight and pressure downwards to your lower half, this is called 'lightening'. This could happen a...
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37 weeks pregnant - just three weeks to go
By Maria Muennich on 23/09/2008 00:47:58
Still three weeks off your due date but you've reached term - you're baby wouldn't be considered a premmie if he arrived today
Congratulations! You're 37 weeks pregnant. You've made it to term and if your baby was born now he would be considered fully mature and ready for birth; his lungs would be ready to breathe air without assistance and so nothing would be done to slow down or delay labour in most ca...
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38 weeks pregnant and counting
By Maria Muennich on 30/05/2011 01:33:28
Your due date is 14 days away and you're probably ready for it all to be over. But be prepared to wait a little yet
At 38 weeks pregnant most women are feeling ready for their baby to be born, and you might even be feeling a little impatient to have it all over with and finally meet your baby. At around this point in the pregnancy many women start to think about how they can naturally help to ...
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