Pregnancy safety

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy may be linked to ADHD, but you should still take it

Pregnancy health

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy may be linked to ADHD, but you should still take it

A new study links acetaminophen with an increased risk of having your child diagnosed with ADHD down the line. Here's why you shouldn't worry.

Kevin John Siazon

Why you shouldn’t worry too much about pregnancy hernias

Pregnancy health

Why you shouldn’t worry too much about pregnancy hernias

If you notice a bulge by your belly button or in your groin during or after pregnancy, don’t panic. Read on to learn more about pregnancy hernias.

Katie Dupuis

Should you get non-invasive prenatal testing?

Pregnancy health

Should you get non-invasive prenatal testing?

If your doctor has recommended amniocentesis, you may first want to consider NIPT, a simple and safe screening test for chromosomal abnormalities.

Vanessa Milne

How to treat your cold and flu while pregnant

How to treat your cold and flu while pregnant

Having the cold and flu while pregnant is the worst. What medications can you safely take?

Kathryn Hayward

Your Pregnancy: 13 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 13 Weeks

Welcome to your second trimester! At 13 weeks, your baby’s body has doubled in length since week 7, and he is as big as a large plum or a peach.

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Your Pregnancy: 15 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 15 Weeks

At 15 weeks, your baby about the size of your fist and just might be sucking his thumb. In fact, you may be able to see this in an ultrasound at this point.

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Your Pregnancy: 17 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 17 Weeks

How big is your baby at 17 weeks? Spread one of your hands wide open—your baby is about the same size.

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Your Pregnancy: 18 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 18 Weeks

By 18 weeks, it might look like your baby is bulking up! Over the last week, her weight has increased about 50 percent.

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Your Pregnancy: 19 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 19 Weeks

What’s your baby up to at 19 weeks? Intrauterine mischief! She may be sucking her thumb, doing somersaults or pulling and grabbing the umbilical cord.

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Your Pregnancy: 20 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 20 Weeks

Believe it or not, 20 weeks heralds the midpoint of your pregnancy. If you go full term, your pregnancy will be about 40 weeks long. You’re halfway there!

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Your Pregnancy: 21 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 21 Weeks

If you were able to see a picture of your baby around week 9, you might have thought he was “top heavy” because his head was so big. Not at week 21.

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Your Pregnancy: 22 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 22 Weeks

By 22 weeks, your waistline may have vanished, but you can probably still bend over easily, sit comfortably and walk without effort.

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Your Pregnancy: 23 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 23 Weeks

At 23 weeks, your baby’s skin is wrinkly, but her intrauterine wrinkles will disappear as she gains more weight.

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Your Pregnancy: 24 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 24 Weeks

Your baby at 24 weeks can respond to touch and sound as she actively moves about the comfy, snug world of your womb.

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Getting Pregnant After 40

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Getting Pregnant After 40

Here are the statistics, tips and info you’ll need to know if you’re planning on getting pregnant after 40.

Karen Robock

Your Pregnancy: 25 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 25 Weeks

At 25 weeks, tooth buds, which will develop into teeth after birth, are forming under your baby’s gums.

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Your Pregnancy: 26 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 26 Weeks

At 26 weeks, the blood vessels in your baby’s lungs are developing to prepare her for breathing when she is born.

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Your Pregnancy: 27 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 27 Weeks

Congratulations, you’ve entered your last trimester! At 27 weeks, your baby is taking a lot of developmental strides as she prepares to enter the world.

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Aspirin can reduce the chance of preeclampsia in women who are high-risk

Pregnancy health

Aspirin can reduce the chance of preeclampsia in women who are high-risk

A new study finds that taking aspirin can significantly reduce the risk that women with high-risk pregnancies will develop preeclampsia.

Jill Buchner

HELLP Syndrome: A rare, scary pregnancy illness you should know about

Pregnancy health

HELLP Syndrome: A rare, scary pregnancy illness you should know about

About one in every 1,000 pregnant women develops this little-understood, frightening condition. Here’s what you need to know.

Samantha Kay