Pregnancy

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 25

  You may notice that your baby has resting and alert periods. Your baby’s hearing has continued to develop, too — he or she may now be able to hear your voice!

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 28

  Your health care provider may tell you whether your baby is headfirst or feet- or bottom-first (called breech position). Don’t worry if your baby is in the breech position right now — most babies will switch positions on their own.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 29

  Your active baby’s first few flutters of movement have given way to hard jabs and kicks that may take your breath away.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 30

  Your baby continues to gain weight and layers of fat that will provide warmth after birth.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 31

  By now, the milk glands in your breasts may have started to make colostrum, the milk that will feed the baby in the first few days if you decide to breastfeed.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 32

  At this stage in the pregnancy, your baby’s hair is developing, in the form of eyelashes, eyebrows, and on your baby’s head.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 33

  Like a newborn, your baby sleeps much of the time and even has REM sleep, the stage when our most vivid dreams happen.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 34

  Your baby is probably in position for delivery — your health care provider can tell you if your baby is positioned head- or bottom-first.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 35

  Because of increasing size, your baby is now cramped and restricted inside the uterus. Fetal movements may decrease, but feel stronger and more forceful.

• Pregnancy Calendar: Week 36

  At this point, your appetite may return because the baby has dropped down into your pelvis, and is no longer putting as much pressure on your stomach and intestines.