| | Your baby's arms and legs develop. |
| (Week 9) | |
| | Your baby's organs are all in place and its face is fully formed. |
| (Week 11) | |
| | Your baby's sex organs are formed. Around this time, morning sickness decreases for most women. |
| (Week 12) | |
| | Time for your nuchal translucency ultrasound scan. This is a non-invasive screening test for Down Syndrome. |
| (Week 13) | Your baby is now fully formed. |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician to discuss the results of your nuchal test. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, quick ultrasound to check baby. |
| (Week 14) | Origins will create a personal individualised growth chart for your baby, to monitor its growth and wellbeing for the rest of the pregnancy. |
| | At any time between weeks 18 and 20 you'll have an anatomy ultrasound scan. This non-invasive screening test checks for Down syndrome, spina bifida, heart problems and other physical abnormalities. |
| (Week 18) | If it is your first baby, you may begin to feel movement. |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician. Discuss anatomy scan result. The focus of care now changes from trying to confirm that your baby is normal to making sure that you and your baby remain well for the remainder of the pregnancy, and that your baby grows well. |
| (Week 20) | |
| | You should have felt your baby moving by now. |
| (Week 22) | |
| | Your baby's fingerprints form. |
| (Week 23) | |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, quick ultrasound to check baby and estimate its size and weight |
| (Week 24) | Your baby is practising breathing and swallowing movements. |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, quick ultrasound to check baby and estimate its weight. |
| (Week 28) | Around this time, your obstetrician will request a blood test to check your haemoglobin for anaemia and iron storage levels for iron deficiency. |
| | You will also have a blood test to check for diabetes. |
| | Your baby can open its eyes. By this time, around 80% of babies are head down. You might notice that your baby has developed a pattern of rest and activity. |
| | Your baby can open its eyes. By this time, around 80% of babies are head down. You might notice that your baby has developed a pattern of rest and activity. |
| | Your baby is gaining about 200gms a week. You may begin to notice 'Braxton-Hicks' contractions, as your body prepares for birth. |
| (Week 29) | Constipation can be a problem. Drink plenty of water and increase the amount of fibre in your diet. |
| | You may be attending antenatal classes, to develop strategies for labour. It's a good time to begin a routine of pelvic floor, breathing and relaxation exercises. |
| (Week 30) | |
| | Meet the other partner from the Origins team for your routine antenatal appointment. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, ultrasound to check baby is still growing well. |
| (Week 32) | |
| | Sleeping can become increasingly uncomfortable from now on. It's best to sleep on your side. You can use an extra pillow to support your top leg. A slender pillow under your tummy can help too. |
| (Week 33) | |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, quick ultrasound to check baby is still growing well. |
| (Week 34) | Your might notice that your ankles are swollen. Varicose veins sometimes become worse. Keep up your daily exercise to minimise these problems. |
| | By now, 90% of babies are in the head down position. |
| | You'll have a longer appointment with your obstetrician to establish a written birth plan. Now is the time to confirm your decisions about support people, induction, pain management, epidural, caesarean, vitamin K for your baby and other important matters. |
| (Week 36) | Pack your bag for the hospital, in case your baby decides to arrive earlier than expected. |
| | Your baby's head may engage, dropping right down into the cervix ready for birth. |
| (Week 37) | |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, quick ultrasound to check baby for growth, wellbeing and amniotic fluid volume (an indirect measure of placental health). |
| (Week 38) | Ideally, you should be getting as much rest as possible during these last two weeks. However, it's also good to keep up your daily exercise. |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, quick ultrasound to check baby for growth, wellbeing and amniotic fluid volume. |
| (Week 39) | |
| | Routine antenatal appointment with your Origins obstetrician. Check urine for protein and glucose, record weight, check blood pressure, quick ultrasound to check baby for growth, wellbeing and amniotic fluid volume. |
| (Week 40) | |
| | Still not delivered! It's going to happen soon. |
| (Week 41) | |
