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Pregnancy by week
Your pregnancy: 32 weeks
At 32 weeks, your baby is going through a period of rapid brain development. And, yes, that head of his is getting bigger!
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Pregnancy by week
Your pregnancy: 33 weeks
Your baby’s lungs won’t be fully mature until right before she is born. But if she were born tomorrow, she would still have an excellent chance of survival.
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Pregnancy by week
Your pregnancy: 34 weeks
At week 34, your baby’s bones are hardening. But the bones in his skull will remain flexible to help ease his passage through the birth canal.
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Your pregnancy: 35 weeks
At 35 weeks, your baby’s hearing is fully developed, her lungs are nearly mature, and her nervous system is continuing to develop.
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Your pregnancy: 36 weeks
The amount of amniotic fluid surrounding your baby will reach its peak at 36 weeks.
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Your pregnancy: 37 weeks
In some pregnancies, the baby is lying head down with her head facing toward the front of the mother's body. This is called “posterior presentation."
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Your pregnancy: 38 weeks
At 38 weeks, most of the lanugo (fine, downy hair) that covered your baby's body is gone, along with the vernix caseosa (whitish protective coating).
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Your pregnancy: 39 weeks
At 39 weeks, your baby’s neck muscles have strengthened and he can hold his head away from the chest wall. That buoyancy is helped by the amniotic fluid.
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Your pregnancy: 40 weeks
It's go time! At 40 weeks, you'll be prepping to give birth at any time now.
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Your pregnancy: 41 weeks
At 41 weeks, your baby’s eyebrows, eyelashes and fingernails are all in place, and his organs are developed to sustain him in the “real world."
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Pregnancy by week
Your pregnancy: 42 weeks
At 42 weeks, the only job remaining for you is to have the baby. Congratulations!
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Being pregnant
Jessi Cruickshank's five tips on how to hide your pregnancy
Because Jessi’s twin pregnancy was high risk, she was told not to share her news for at least four months. Here are her tips on how to hide your pregnancy.
Jessi Cruickshank
7 minutes
Getting pregnant
Implantation bleeding: signs, symptoms and what it means
About a third of women experience implantation bleeding in the first few weeks of pregnancy. Here's what it's like—and whether you should worry.
Claire Gagne
3 minutes
Being pregnant
7 best pregnancy apps
Congratulations! You're pregnant. Download one of these pregnancy apps to track your baby's health, document your bump and keep you informed week by week.
Lissa Coe
2 minutes
Pregnancy
6 important to-dos for the last two weeks of pregnancy
With her due date just around the corner, our blogger Karen shares her to-do list.
Karen Robock
4 minutes
Family
38 weeks pregnant and swollen: Has anyone seen my feet?
Pregnancy swelling is no fun, but luckily for managing editor Katie Dupuis, the end is in sight.
Katie Dupuis
2 minutes
Pregnancy
Due date calculator: Find out when your baby will arrive
People say that pregnancy is a long nine months, but it's actually closer to 10! Find out when to expect your baby with a due date calculator.
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