Pregnancy & birth: Your guide to the next nine months

Week by week - your pregnancy timeline

New to all this? Our weekly guide shows you what to expect when you're pregnant.

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Pregnancy timeline

• Start here: The early signs of pregnancy
• Weeks 1-4: The first few weeks of pregnancy
• Weeks 5-8: Starting to feel pregnant
• Weeks 9-12: Your first antenatal appointments
• Weeks 13-16: Time to tell work and start buying maternity clothes
• Weeks 17-20: Taking care of your posture and dental health
• Weeks 21-24: Your growing appetite
• Weeks 25-28: Time to consider your birth plan
• Weeks 29-32: Booking childbirth classes
• Weeks 33-36: Preparing for labour
• Weeks 37-41: Practice runs to the hospital - it's time to meet your baby!

Pregnancy tools

• Baby gender quiz - are you expecting a boy or girl?
• Due date predictor

Your well-being during pregnancy

• Pregnancy: A Healthy Diet
• Exercise During Pregnancy
• Relaxation And Pregnancy
• Blooming Marvellous: Skin and Hair in Pregnancy
• Maternity Wear: Dressing That Bump!
• Sex During Pregnancy
• Travelling When You're Pregnant

Wonky wee? Farting? Sex?

• 10 embarassing pregnancy questions answered

Tests: Need to know

• Screening Tests: Ultrasound and Nuchal Test
• Pregnancy Blood Tests: General
• Pregnancy: Urine Tests
• Invasive Diagnostic Tests
• Antenatal: Booking in and follow-up appointments
• Pregnancy: Expecting Twins (Or More!)

Preparing for labour and birth

• Childbirth Classes: Finding the right one for you
• Making A Birth Plan
• Packing For The Hospital
• Labour: Looking at the options
• Labour: The pain relief options

D Day: Labour and birth

• Labour: Assisted Birth
• D Day: Your Birth Stories
• Labour: What To Expect

What to buy for your baby

• What to buy for a new baby
• Preparing your baby's room
• On the move: which pram or buggy to buy?
• Pregnancy 'Must-Haves'

After your baby is born

• Registering your baby's birth
• Signing up for child benefit and tax credits
• Announcing your baby's birth
• Baby naming: Finding a name for your baby

Stuff for dads

• So, You're Going To Be A Dad!
• Supporting Your Partner During Labour
• Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
• Stay-At-Home Dads
• First-time father: A how-to guide to parenthood

Maternity and money

• Maternity Rights And Telling The Boss
• Child Trust Funds
• Health in Pregnancy Grant

Pregnancy health issues

• Serious Health Issues During Pregnancy
• Understanding Miscarriage

Our message boards

Talk about it! Share the ups and downs of pregnancy with other mums in our mums-to-be club

Latest Pregnancy discussions

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• baby too big for dates amongst other things

• Delivery Positions

• Stretchmarks - prevention or cures, anyone?

• The Impatient Club 2

• Baby Naming

• Having Twins

• To touch or not to touch??

• Travel Systems v. Separate car seats?

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Members' tips

Advice from other mums on pregnancy

• Morning Sickness
• Maternity Wear
• Stretch Marks

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