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Fetal development - week 30
By ThinkBaby on 19/05/2005 16:35:50
Sprouting hair
30-week fetus - Image courtesy of BabybondWant to see a bigger pic?Your baby now weighs nearly 1.3 kg or 3lbs. The soft, fine early hair called lanugo that has been protecting your baby’s skin in the womb is beginning to disappear and she may now
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Fetal development: Week 36
By ThinkBaby on 19/05/2005 16:00:18
Lungs are preparing for a lusty first cry
. She's still busy acquiring more baby fat; that will give her those little dimples and creases you'll soon be finding so adorable.If she hasn't already then your baby may drop or 'engage' this week, dropping her head into the pelvic cavity and pressing
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Fetal development - week 34
By ThinkBaby on 19/05/2005 16:01:48
Time to turn
Image of 34-week fetus courtesy of BabybondWant to see a bigger pic?Your baby is about 47 centimetres long and weighs 4.5lbs, over 2 kilos. It’s around this time that she will turn to face downwards. The new position will put more strain on your
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Fetal development: Week 28
By ThinkBaby on 27/05/2005 11:50:32
Congratulations, you're into the third trimester!
. Did you miss out on what was happening to your baby last week? Take a look at fetal development - week 27. Your baby now weighs around 900 grams or 2lbs. She is probably now at the peak of her activity, before the space she has to play in begins
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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
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Pregnancy month-by-month: Third Trimester
By Maria Muennich on 29/03/2009 01:58:16
What you can expect and what you need to prepare for over these months
the weight of your baby on the pelvis is likely to be increasingly uncomfortable and you may have difficulty walking.You're probably finding that you tire quickly now, and that you can carry less and walk less far than you could just a few weeks ago
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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
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Pregnancy month-by-month: 2nd Trimester
By Maria Muennich on 28/03/2009 01:24:15
What you can expect and what you need to prepare for over these months
Month Four | Month Five | Month six The Fourth MonthWelcome to your second trimester! This is usually the part of pregnancy that women enjoy most as the 12-week scan - and the most critical phase of fetal development - is safely behind them
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Weeks 1 - 4
By ThinkBaby on 19/05/2005 07:35:27
A week by week view of what's happening in your womb
a period you may be surprised to find out that officially you’re already several weeks pregnant, this is because doctors date a pregnancy from the first day of your last period, rather than from conception, which was probably around two weeks later
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Fetal development: Weeks 1-4
By ThinkBaby on 18/07/2009 01:12:53
Where it all begins
you may be surprised to find out that officially you’re already several weeks pregnant, this is because doctors date a pregnancy from the first day of your last period, rather than from conception, which was probably around two weeks later. So what
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