- Infections During PregnancyHandling Infections During PregnancyWhen you're pregnant, your immune system is slightly suppressed. This is necessary to stop you from rejecting the baby, who is genetically half the father's! This means that you may be slightly more susceptible to common problems such as colds, c...
- Exposure to RubellaExposure to Chickenpox or Rubella During PregnancyExposure to chickenpox or rubellaChickenpox in pregnancy can cause problems for the baby and can be severe in a pregnant woman, possibly leading to pneumonia. If you contract rubella for the first time in early pregnancy, it can cause miscarriage...
- Week 13 of PregnancyYou are 12 Weeks and 4 Days PregnantYour baby todayBy now the fetus's forehead is high and bulging, with visible joins in the plates of bone that comprise the skull. The eyes have migrated from the sides of the head at this stage of development. ...
- Week 35 of PregnancyYou are 34 Weeks and 6 Days PregnantYour baby todayThe placenta, shown in red above the baby's green profile, is now receiving half a liter of blood each minute from your circulation. In order to accommodate this increase your blood volume expanded dramatically in the first few mon...
- Week 36 of PregnancyYou are 35 Weeks and 1 Day PregnantYour baby todayYour baby's hair and eye color are all determined genetically and set before birth. Unfortunately, however detailed an ultrasound image is, it can only show the shape of structures and will never be able to show true color informat...
- Week 35 of PregnancyYou are 34 Weeks and 1 Day PregnantYour baby todayThis profile of the baby shows the tip of the nose touching the placenta. Your placenta will not be growing any more and now thins slightly. Within, the placenta continues to mature and it remains a highly efficient means of supply...
- Week 36 of PregnancyYou are 35 Weeks and 4 Days PregnantYour baby todayYour baby's heart will beat quite fast, at between 110 and 160 beats every minute. Even after birth, your baby's heart will continue to beat at this speed. It will be several years before the heart rate is 70 or so beats per minute...
- Week 30 of PregnancyYou are 29 Weeks and 5 Days PregnantYour baby todayThe lip shape and groove between the nose and upper lip are particularly well shown here. If you or your partner has a prominent groove, or philtrum, above the upper lip, your baby may too, or she may inherit characteristics that a...
- Week 24 of PregnancyYou are 23 Weeks and 1 Day PregnantYour baby todayThere is no light in the uterus, but 3D ultrasound is designed to produce highlights and shadows to give the same effect as if you shone a flashlight into the uterus. Now your baby may be holding her hands flexed into a fist. ...
- Week 22 of PregnancyYou are 21 Weeks and 5 Days PregnantYour baby todayThere is still plenty of room for your baby to move around. Your baby is able to perform complete somersaults and change position several times a day or even several times in a few minutes. ...
- Week 5 of PregnancyYou are 4 Weeks and 2 Days PregnantYour baby todayThe embryo until this stage of development has consisted of two layers of cells. Now, a third layer starts to become visible as a "bulge" between the two-this bulge can be seen in the center of this image. ...
- Week 16 of PregnancyYou are 15 Weeks and 4 Days PregnantYour baby's skin is still transparent and there is little fat lying beneath it at this stage of the pregnancy. ...
- Week 3 of PregnancyYou are 2 Weeks and 6 Days PregnantWhat's happening insideThe blastocyst prepares to embed itself in the lining of the uterus-the endometrium. Once it is completely implanted-usually around seven days after fertilization-the pregnancy will become established. ...
- Week 2 of PregnancyDay 12 of your Menstrual CycleWhat's happening insideThis mature ovarian follicle contains a fluid-filled cavity (pale pink) known as the follicular antrum. At this stage, just prior to ovulation, one follicle has become much larger than the others, and it is this follicle th...
- Week 8 of PregnancyYou are 8 Weeks Exactly PregnantYou're probably already wondering if you're carrying a boy or a girl, but the physical signs of gender aren't apparent yet. ...
- MiscarriageCoping with MiscarriageWomen who experience a pregnancy loss quickly learn that our society doesn't understand the pain of this loss. Well-meaning friends might say, "It was probably defective in some way so this is actually a blessing." Or, "You'll get pregnant again....
- Ectopic PregnancyUnderstanding Ectopic PregnancyUnderstanding Ectopic Pregnancy Baby Talk An ectopic pregnancy is one in which the fertilized egg implants itself outside the uterus. After an egg is fertilized, it travels down the fallopian tube to find a comfy place in the uterus to attach a...
- Rh IncompatibilityWhat Is Rh Incompatibility?What Is Rh Incompatibility? Baby Talk Rh incompatibility occurs when the mother's blood is Rh-negative and the baby's blood is Rh-positive. At your first medical visit, blood is drawn to determine your blood type and Rh factor. You are either Rh...