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Your Pregnancy: 32 Weeks

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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Your Pregnancy: 33 Weeks

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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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Your Pregnancy: 34 Weeks

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Your Pregnancy: 42 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 42 Weeks

At 42 weeks, the only job remaining for you is to have the baby. Congratulations!

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Jessi Cruickshank's five tips on how to hide your pregnancy

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.

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Implantation bleeding: signs, symptoms and what it means

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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

7 best pregnancy apps

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.

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6 important to-dos for the last two weeks of 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.

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38 weeks pregnant and swollen: Has anyone seen my feet?

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.

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Due date calculator: Find out when your baby will arrive

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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