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Pregnancy Calendar
Conception
At conception, the egg and sperm will meet, creating a single cell organism called a
zygote. If the egg was
fertilized, it will drop into your uterus. Once the fertilized egg
(or zygote) is in your uterus, fluid will enter divi...
Implantation
Implantation typically occurs 6 to 10 days after ovulation, or day 20
to 24 of a menstrual cycle. However, it can happen a few days earlier
or later. In an average, 28-day cycle, ovulation occurs on day 14 (the
first day of a p...
Pregnancy Week 9
Your Baby's Development This Week
At this point in the pregnancy, the baby has switched gears from focusing on development to gaining weight. The tail has disappeared now, looking all human baby now. The head is more baby-like, w...
Pregnancy Week 8
Your Baby's Development This Week Are those Daddy’s or Aunt Helen’s ears? You can’t tell yet, but the ears are developing right now, both internally and externally. The baby’s heartbeat is 150 beats a minute, about twice that of...
Pregnancy Week 7
Your Baby's Development This Week Your baby’s development is incredibly rapid. Now every organ has begun to form. The hair and nipple follicles have started to grow, and the eyelids and tongue are forming as well. Parts of the ...
Pregnancy Week 6
Your Baby's Development This Week Baby’s head is really starting to take shape, with the jaw, nose including nostrils, and palate forming. The eyes are becoming more defined with the lenses appearing now. The brain conti...
Pregnancy Week 5
Your Baby's Development This Week The heart starts beating now, and the four chambers of the heart are functioning. Blood has begun pumping, thus the baby's heart is now beating. The umbilical cord develops, providing a me...
Pregnancy Week 40
It is now 39 weeks from your last menstrual period. Your baby is now at 37 weeks gestation and is almost 14 inches long from crown to rump (19 inches from head to toe) and weighs about 7 pounds. 276) The vernix that covered your b...
Pregnancy Week 4
The cells making up the ovum are beginning to differentiate and specialize in areas of development. Some cells will make up the embryo; others the amniotic sac and placenta etc. The ovum, which has been floating around in your ute...
Pregnancy Week 39
It is now 38 weeks from your last menstrual period. Your baby is now at 36 weeks gestation and is almost 13 1/2 inches long from crown to rump (18 1/2 inches from head to toe) and weighs about 6 1/2 pounds. Your baby's lungs are ...
