DATE |
WEEK |
PROGRESS |
| 5th November |
WEEK 1
This is normally counted from the first day of your last period. |
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| 12th November |
WEEK 2
The womb is getting itself ready to welcome the embryo. |
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| 19th November |
WEEK 3
Conception or fertilisation takes place |
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| 26th November |
WEEK 4
The embryo is now firmly implanted in the walls of the uterus. |
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| 3rd December |
WEEK 5
The embryo now develops a head as well as a tail end |
Our Pregnancy confirmed |
| 10th December |
WEEK 6
Looks like our baby has a neck, a brain and small bump that looks like the beginning of a
head. |
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| 17th December |
WEEK 7
The embryo is now a full-fledged foetus, which means ‘young one’. Its brain and
spinal cord is almost close to completion. |
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| 24th December |
WEEK 8
Most of the internal organs like the heart, brain, liver, lungs, kidneys and guts have
developed in their basic forms. |
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| 31st December |
WEEK 9
Our baby is actually beginning to look like a baby now |
We told our Parents the good news. |
| 7th January |
WEEK 10
This week sees the completion of the inner part of our baby’s ear as the external
parts are beginning to make their appearance felt. |
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| 14th January |
WEEK 11
Our baby’s internal organs will have completely developed and most of them will begin
to function. |
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| 21st January |
WEEK 12
This week our baby will pass urine for the very first time. |
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| 28th January |
WEEK 13
This week sees the neck fully formed and well able to support the head movements. The face
has also taken complete shape |
We heard the baby's heart-beat |
| 4th February |
WEEK 14
The growth of our baby speeds up considerably as the internal organs mature and he/she
increases in size. |
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| 11th February |
WEEK 15
Let the music play and be careful what we say as our baby could be listening. |
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| 18th February |
WEEK 16
This week it looks like our baby’s body is finally trying to catch up with the head,
though the head still looks much larger |
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| 25th February |
WEEK 17
You should be able to identify movement this week, if you haven’t already as all
his/her joints are completely ready and he/she is certainly in action. |
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| 4th March |
WEEK 18
This week you can be sure it is not just our hyperactive imagination when our baby kicks
or throws a few punches as he/she begins to test his/her reflexes. |
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| 11th March |
WEEK 19
This week our baby probably measures nine inches or 22.5cm. |
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| 18th March |
WEEK 20
Our baby is exactly half the size that we can expect at birth. |
Ultra-sound Scan We saw our baby! |
| 25th March |
WEEK 21
The legs will have finally grown in proportion to the body. |
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| 1st April |
WEEK 22
Looks like our baby’s movements are not co-ordinated with our own. |
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| 8th April |
WEEK 23
This is an exciting week for the father as he could attempt hearing his baby’s
heartbeat by putting his ear to your abdomen. |
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| 15th April |
WEEK 24
By this week our baby is fairly well developed in terms of most of his/her vital organs |
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| 22nd April |
WEEK 25
This week he/she will grow fatter and heavier rather than taller. |
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| 29th April |
WEEK 26
This is the week when the ‘bronchi’ develops. |
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| 6th May |
WEEK 27
This week our baby opens his/her eyes for the very first time. |
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| 13th May |
WEEK 28
This is the first week of our final trimester and the foetus is finally
‘visible’. |
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| 20th May |
WEEK 29
You can now identify his/her knee from his/her feet or his/her bottom from his head |
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| 27th May |
WEEK 30
Right now, our baby is probably curled up with his/her knees bent, arms and legs crossed
as his/her chin gently touches his/her chest. |
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| 3rd June |
WEEK 31
Over the next seven days the lungs will develop fast in preparation for delivery which is
not too far away |
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| 10th June |
WEEK 32
Finally our baby’s head is in correct proportion to his/her body and he/she looks
very much like he/she would at birth. |
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| 17th June |
WEEK 33
This week our baby will mostly have settled in the head downward position getting ready to
make his or her appearance in the world. |
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| 24th June |
WEEK 34
Your baby has learnt to blink and as he/she can differentiate between light and dark. |
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| 1st July |
WEEK 35
Our baby is growing plumper by the week as more fat is being deposited all over his/her
body. |
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| 8th July |
WEEK 36
By now most of our baby’s organs have matured and he/she has a 90% chance of survival
were he to be born this week. |
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| 15th July |
WEEK 37
Keep your bags packed as he or she could appear anytime between now and week 42. |
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| 22nd July |
WEEK 38
We might notice our baby has more hiccups this week. This is because he/she may be trying
to use his/her lungs as he/she practices breathing. |
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| 29th July |
WEEK 39
By this week, our baby’s intestine is filled with ‘meconium’, which is made
up of the excretions from the alimentary glands. |
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| 5th August |
WEEK 40
Our baby’s skin will be extremely soft and smooth, as most of the lanugo will have
disappeared. |
We are ready for you little one! |
| 13th August |
WEEK 41 Expectant parents will be very anxious by now &
getting fed up with the phone ringing!
As if we would forget to
let anyone know! |
 Oops!
Shouldn't we have a baby by now? |
