This Pregnancy Calendar is trying to help you understand your pregnancy and the fetal development taking place week by week through your pregnancy including ultrasound pictures. You will find lots of pictures from the smallest embryo to the largest baby!
Pregnancy Week by Week
1Week:
Your last period has just started and you may be considering a pregnancy. Preconceptional health planning is a good idea. However, if you haven't started before now, make sure that you 'act pregnant' until you know other wise. Taking a prenatal vitamin (available at most drug or grocery stores), with 0.4 mg of folic acid (to help prevent neural tube defects) is a good idea. Discontinuing any form of chemical birth control, and avoiding other chemicals such as: alcohol, tobacco (even second hand smoke), x-rays, over the counter medications, and even discussing the prescription medications you are currently taking..
Baby: As the uterus sheds it's lining, the hormones are preparing another egg for release. Dad: Many fathers-to-be also begin watching what they eat and drink. The health of dad does play an important role in baby's health and development. Now is the ideal time to stop smoking, develop some better eating habits and other healthful goals.
Twin Tips:
Early pregnancy ultrasound can usually diagnose multiple gestational sacs, and there by you know early on. However, early ultrasound can also miss an early multiple gestation. Some reports say that the appearance of sacs via ultrasound can be different by up to 4 days. Early ultrasound is also more helpful in determining how many sacs are present and whether or not your babies share the same sac (monoamniotic). Monoamniotic sacs occur only in identical babies and places the pregnancy at a higher risk for problems like cord entanglement.