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Your Pregnancy: 16 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 16 Weeks

Your baby’s fingernails are well developed by 16 weeks, and she is able to move her arms and legs. In fact, you may feel her move in the next few weeks.

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Everything you need to know about dental health during pregnancy

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Everything you need to know about dental health during pregnancy

Are X-rays safe? And is it normal to have bleeding gums when you're pregnant. Here's the lowdown on dental health during pregnancy.

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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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13 things not to say to a pregnant woman

13 things not to say to a pregnant woman

When you’re pregnant, it can sometimes feel like everyone has an opinion on your body. Here are some of the most annoying things we’ve heard.

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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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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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10 great gifts for moms expecting twins

10 great gifts for moms expecting twins

What do you get for the mom who's pregnant with twins? These fun finds are perfect for gifting the parents-to-be of twins.

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Your Pregnancy: 28 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 28 Weeks

Hey, mom-to-be, you’ve just cruised into your seventh month of pregnancy!

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Your pregnancy: 29 weeks

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Your pregnancy: 29 weeks

At 29 weeks, your baby still has plenty more growing to do. Over the next couple of weeks, she’ll go through a growth spurt.

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Your Pregnancy: 30 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 30 Weeks

If you feel regular little tickles or spasms in your belly, it’s a good bet that your baby has a case of intrauterine hiccups.

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Your Pregnancy: 31 Weeks

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Your Pregnancy: 31 Weeks

Your baby has been able to open her eyes in utero. At 31 weeks, she can also distinguish light from dark.

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Your Pregnancy: 32 Weeks

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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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