Pregnancy Week By Week

Pregnancy Week By Week

Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks from fertilization, i.e. approximately 40 weeks from the start of the last menstruation. Thus, pregnancy lasts about nine months, although the exact definition of the English word “pregnancy” is a subject of controversy.

The medical term for a pregnant female is genetalian, although this term is rarely used in common speech. The term embryo is used to describe the developing human during the initial weeks, and the term fetus is used from about two months of development until birth.

In many societies' medical and legal definitions, human pregnancy is somewhat arbitrarily divided into three trimester periods, as a means to simplify reference to the different stages of fetal development. The first trimester period carries the highest risk of miscarriage (natural death of embryo or fetus).

During the second trimester the development of the fetus can start to be monitored and diagnosed. The third trimester marks the beginning of viability, or the ability of the fetus to survive, with or without medical help, outside of the mother's womb.

You can calculate your pregnancy week by week as well as the estimated due date of your baby.

Our detailed pregnancy week by week is based upon the 40 week timetable, in which you actually fall pregnant in week 3 of your pregnancy. Your due date would then be in week 40 of your pregnancy week by week according to the calendar.

However it is important that you realize that only 1 in 20 woman deliver their babys on their actual due date and that you could possibly give birth anytime around weeks 34 onwards.

Pregnancy week by week

Pregnancy Week By Week

Welcome to my pregnancy week by week blog. Here you will learn what to do with pregnancy week by week and enjoy your pregnancy week by week.