Pregnancy

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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How to turn a breech baby

How to turn a breech baby

You just found out your baby might be breech and you’re freaking out. Before you try every crazy tip you find on the Internet, read this.

Ariel Brewster

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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40 unique celebrity baby names

40 unique celebrity baby names

If you’re looking for unusual, cool and star-endorsed baby names, where better to look than Hollywood?

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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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Pregnant doctor delivers baby just hours before giving birth herself

Pregnant doctor delivers baby just hours before giving birth herself

Amanda Hess, an OB/GYN in Frankfort, Kentucky, put her delivery on hold to help deliver the baby of another mother at the same hospital.

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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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How to choose a pregnancy pillow

How to choose a pregnancy pillow

A specially-design pregnancy pillow can provide some much-needed support for your changing body—and help you get some sleep.

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This commercial nails the right way to talk to someone struggling with infertility

This commercial nails the right way to talk to someone struggling with infertility

When someone is struggling with infertility, it’s hard to know what to say or do. This 90-second ad captures the heartache as well as the hope.

Kathryn Hayward

Why does it matter if twins are “natural”?

Why does it matter if twins are “natural”?

Jay-Z’s proclamation that his twins are “natural” is like shouting “I’m not broken!” It shouldn’t matter how twins are conceived.

Tenille Bonoguore

Postpartum sex: Why it sometimes hurts

Postpartum sex: Why it sometimes hurts

Sex after baby is tricky enough when you’re exhausted, distracted and healing. But how do you cope when it’s painful? Read on for the answers.

Kalli Anderson

18 baby shower recipes

18 baby shower recipes

Every baby shower needs an impressive food table. Try these easy (and elegant) baby shower recipes for the right mix of filling, festive and sweet.

Amy Valm

6 things to know about cramps during pregnancy

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6 things to know about cramps during pregnancy

Cramps during pregnancy can be worrisome, but they’re quite common and not necessarily cause for concern. Here’s what you need to know.

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Coping with miscarriage: grief, recovery, and how to tell people

Coping with miscarriage: grief, recovery, and how to tell people

Recovering after a loss, coping with miscarriage, and figuring out how much you're comfortable sharing is different for everyone.

Jessica Leeder

12 baby shower games that won't make you cringe

12 baby shower games that won't make you cringe

Baby shower games can be fun. Really. Give these ones a whirl at your next shower.

Courtney Shea