disappears completely. The baby’s limbs are now well-formed, the arms have grown longer and the tiny fingers and toes have the ridges that will become nails.If you had an ultrasound scan at nine weeks, so the beginning of your tenth week, it would probably

, but instead remain quite pliable and won’t fuse together until some time after birth so that there is more flexibility in the head to make birthing easier.The fat that your baby is putting on in these last weeks is changing his skin appearance from red

and getting into the habit of suitable exercise now, like yoga for pregnancy, will stand you in good stead for the final trimester in a few weeks' time.People are probably noticing that you’re pregnant now, though all mothers-to-be look different: some carry

. 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

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

in the amniotic fluid, building up her muscle strength for after the birth. In a few weeks' time though, the space she'll have to move around in will gradually shrink as grows and bulks up with fat deposits, filling out your womb. So the kinds of movements you

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

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