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Week 4
Two weeks after conception, your baby is now an embryo. Now implanted into the uterine wall, the embryo will start to split into two groups. One group will form…

Week 5
The early stages are the most critical of pregnancy and so if you have not been avoiding all hazards that may affect your baby, now is the time to…

Week 18
Your baby will now be about 20 cm in length and about 7 ounces in weight. The bones are still hardening. Finger prints will begin forming shortly, as the…

Week 12
Your baby now weighs around 14 grams, has reflexes and because of muscular development, can even move its limbs! You would now be able to hear your baby’s heart…

Week 16
You may start to feel the baby moving around inside you now. These movements are becoming more coordinated. Your baby can hold his or her head erect, and the…

Week 20
The fetus now weighs about 9 ounces (260 grams) and measures 5.5 to 6.3 inches (14 to 16cm) from crown to rump. The baby’s growth is taking up increasing…

Week 22
During the 22nd week, your baby weighs about 15 ounces and is about 27cm in length. You baby would have formed eye brows and eyelids by now and her…

Week 8
Once you have confirmation of your pregnancy from a home pregnancy test or blood or urine test at the doctor’s office, you should call and schedule your first…

Week 14
Amazing things are happening between your baby and the amniotic fluid. This week, your baby has begun to urinate into the amniotic fluid. This means the amniotic fluid has…

  Week 10
You may still be feeling the early symptoms of pregnancy, but these should disappear shortly. Your waist line may now start to grow a little. Toes, ears and…

Week 24
Although your baby is still receiving oxygen through the placenta, once birth occurs, her lungs will start taking in oxygen on their own. In preparation for the outside world,…

Despite the fact that it is counted as part of pregnancy, you are not 2 weeks pregnant at this point. You haven’t even ovulated yet! At the end of this week, though,…

What’s Happening
After your partner ejaculates, millions of sperm will travel from the vagina to the fallopian tube where your egg is waiting. An enzyme is released that allows one sperm…

Now you can discover exactly how your body is adapting and how your baby is growing and developing week by week during your pregnancy with our week by week pregnancy calendar.

The pregnancy calendar will…

Pregnant women who take atypical antipsychotics such as clozapine, olanzapine, or risperidone, do not appear to be at increased risk of giving birth to a child with a birth defect, Canadian investigators…