Pregnancy Week by Week

Complete pregnancy week by week guide gives you information and advice about your growing baby and the changes in your body every week.

Pregnancy Week 1

Not really pregnant yet

Pregnancy Week 2

The egg is fertilized!

Pregnancy Week 3

Your body produces the hormone HCG

Pregnancy Week 4

Time to take the pregnancy test

Pregnancy Week 5

Pregnancy ailments: nausea and tiredness

Pregnancy Week 6

Your baby’s heart is beating!

Pregnancy Week 7

Your womb makes room for baby

Pregnancy Week 8

Frequent surprise visits from the Sandman

Pregnancy Week 9

Your breasts prepare for breastfeeding

Pregnancy Week 10

Take supplements for pregnant women

Pregnancy Week 11

You can feel your womb

Pregnancy Week 12

You can hear the heart beating

Pregnancy Week 13

Your body is used to being pregnant

Pregnancy Week 14

The fingers and toes take shape

Pregnancy Week 15

Your baby bump is now a fetus

Pregnancy Week 16

HCG makes way for the hormone progesterone

Pregnancy Week 17

You can do sport, but avoid stomach exercises

Pregnancy Week 18

Belly, bottom, breasts: your body is becoming rounder

Pregnancy Week 19

Have heartburn? Eat healthy snacks

Pregnancy Week 20

Can you feel your baby?

Pregnancy Week 21

Your baby can hear

Pregnancy Week 22

No need to eat for two

Pregnancy Week 23

Your baby is as long as a ruler!

Pregnancy Week 24

Avoid stress and get plenty of rest

Pregnancy Week 25

Your baby has a different sleeping and waking rhythm

Pregnancy Week 26

Round ligament pain - watch your posture

Pregnancy Week 27

Your belly baby is aware of sounds

Pregnancy Week 28

More frequent visits to the midwife

Pregnancy Week 29

Starting to nest

Pregnancy Week 30

Lower back and pelvic discomfort

Pregnancy Week 31

You are sensitive and emotional

Pregnancy Week 32

Your dreams are intense

Pregnancy Week 33

Are you nesting?

Pregnancy Week 34

Maternity leave

Pregnancy Week 35

Has your baby's head engaged?

Pregnancy Week 36

Discharge or amniotic fluid?

Pregnancy Week 37, 38, 39, 40, 41...

Your baby can be born…!