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Conception-Month 1
You're actually not pregnant yet—the clock starts ticking from the first day of your last period. So even though pregnancies are said to be 40 weeks long, you only carry your baby for 38 weeks. Week 2-Ovulation occurs. For the best chances of getting pregnant, have sex one to two days before your expected ovulation date. -
Month 1
You may be starting to feel bloated, crampy, tired and moody, and experiencing sore breasts, nausea/vomiting and a frequent need to pee. Right now your baby is an embryo the size of a poppy seed, consisting of two layers: the epiblast and the hypoblast, from which all of her organs and body parts will develop. The primitive placenta is also made up of two layers at this point. -
Month 2
Though the embryo is only about the size of a grain of sand, the heart is pumping blood, most other organs have begun to develop, and arm and leg buds appear.Your doctor may look or listen for the baby's heartbeat with an ultrasound. Once you see or hear it, your miscarriage risk drops to about 2 percent. He'll also give you an official due date -
Month 3
Your inch-long baby is now called a fetus. While the icky side effects of pregnancy may be starting to abate.This month, nearly all of the fetus's organs are beginning to function, and genitals begin to take on male or female form. Your uterus has begun to expand outside the protective pelvic bones. It will increase in size by almost 1,000 times by the end of your pregnancy -
Month 4
Now that you've finished your first trimester, you can start eating for two. Plan on gaining about 12 pounds during the next 14 or so weeks. -
Month 5
Sometime between 16 and 22 weeks, you'll start to feel your baby move. Your sleep may be marked by vivid and bizarre dreams, often reflecting anxiety you might have about childbirth and parenthood. You may be developing hemorrhoids and constipation. At this point, the fetus weighs almost a pound. -
Month 6
You may be afflicted with heartburn and leg cramps, especially at night. Your fetus begins to sleep for longer periods now, often when you do. Its eyes open and are beginning to blink. -
Month 7
You are now in your third trimester.The fetus is increasingly sensitive to light and sound.You might find yourself increasingly breathless as your growing uterus crowds your diaphragm. It should ease a bit when the baby drops lower in your pelvis later in pregnancy. You may be noticing a gradual decrease in the power of your baby's kicks and punches as space in utero becomes tighter. This is normal. -
8th Month
The fetus has a CRL of about 10.5 inches. Lanugo starts falling off.Testes begin descending into the scrotum from the abdomen between weeks 30 and 34 in a male.You may feel tired and have difficult time breathing as your uterus grows.You may also get stretch marks. Heartburn and constipation may continue. You may urinate when sneezing or laughing because of pressure from your uterus on your bladder. During pregnancy, you need to consume extra protein and calcium. -
Month 9
Common pregnancy symptoms at this time may continue through the end of pregnancy include fatigue, trouble sleeping, trouble holding urine, shortness of breath, varicose veins, and stretch marks. Some fetuses drop down into the lower part of the uterus during this month. This may relieve your constipation and heartburn, which is more common earlier in pregnancy. But some fetuses don’t drop down until the very end of pregnancy. The fetus has a RDL and the eyes will dilate when exposed to light. -
Birth
Your cervix will dilate to prepare for delivery. This may happen a few weeks before delivery, or it might start when you go into labor. You may feel sharp pains in your vagina as your cervix dilates. After your newborn is delivered, the placenta comes out of your body.The average newborn baby weighs 7–8 pounds and is between 18–22 inches long with legs extended.Almost all of the vernix and lanugo are gone.It’s common for newborns to have some lanugo that disappears over the first few months.