Pumping prior to birth will not increase milk production for your unborn child or otherwise enhance lactation after birth. If you are hoping to induce labor, it is known that nipple stimulation at term (38+ weeks) can be helpful for ripening the cervix and inducing labor. What week in pregnancyRead More →
Your baby may be head down if you can: feel their head low down in your belly. feel their bottom or legs above your belly button. feel larger movements — bottom or legs — higher up toward your rib cage. feel smaller movements — hands or elbows — low downRead More →
The chance of survival for premature babies A full-term pregnancy is said to last between 37 and 42 weeks. Two thirds of babies born at 24 weeks gestation who are admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) will survive to go home. Ninety eight per cent of babies bornRead More →
New beginnings. Four-week-old puppies are still nursing from their mother or drinking milk replacement formula, but are also starting to eat solid foods in small amounts. … At 4-weeks-old, you’ll need to provide your pup with some puppy-specific food along with some formula to ensure he gets the nutrition heRead More →
The best time to perform an ECV is after 37 weeks of pregnancy. Prior to 37 weeks the baby can still often turn on its own. In a first pregnancy, there is a lower chance of the baby turning on its own and so ECV may be performed from 36Read More →
Some women may be able to hear a heartbeat with a home Doppler device as early as eight weeks into the pregnancy, while others may not hear it until closer to 12 weeks. Where should the Doppler be placed at 12 weeks? Placement – Depending on how many weeks alongRead More →
A “baby bump” most commonly appears from weeks 12 to 16 of pregnancy. If it is not your first pregnancy, you will likely start showing sooner than you did during your first pregnancy. Some people do not appear noticeably pregnant until they are well into the third trimester. Can youRead More →
Detecting a fetal heartbeat is very difficult, if not impossible, for the human ear. But some expecting mothers claim they can hear their baby’s heartbeat through their belly. This may be possible in a quiet room likely late during the second or third trimester. Can you hear baby heartbeat withRead More →
What is an induced labour? Labour normally starts naturally any time between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy. The cervix softens and starts to open, you will get contractions, and your waters break. In an induced labour, or induction, these labour processes are started artificially. What week is the earliestRead More →
If you were having regular periods before pregnancy, your doctor will calculate your due date based off of your last menstrual period. This goes back to the fact that in order to get pregnant, your body ovulated—or released an egg—roughly in the middle of your cycle and it was fertilizedRead More →