Pregnancy Calender (courtesy : www.toyrus.ca)
Every pregnant woman will always love to record this special time of her life. How can she do this? This can be done with the help of a pregnancy calender. What is a pregnancy calender? A pregnancy calender is nothing, but a documentation of all the changes happening in a would-be mother and her baby through out the 40 weeks of pregnancy.
Continuous changes happening with the mother can be tracked, but one has the curiosity to know, what is exactly going with the baby inside the mother’s womb. That is why having a pregnancy calendar is useful.
There are various online tools to create a pregnancy calendar. The layout and functions may vary slightly, some provide weekly format and others monthly calendars. However, their working is almost the same. The most essential step in creating a pregnancy calendar is to get the relevant data. All details related to the timing of your pregnancy must be provided. This will make a calendar unique to your pregnancy. These calendars generate information all about the baby’s development during each stage weekly.
There are some calenders that can let you add comments or even photos, such as the baby’s first ultrasound pictures. These additions can be used to look back on the calendar and remember the time before your baby joined the family.
Following is a general track record of weekly pregnancy development that could be found on a pregnancy calendar.
Week 1-4: Conception occurs and egg is fertilized.
Week 5-8: Working of heart and development of baby’s arms and legs is started.
Week 9-12: Movement of baby around the womb.
Week 13-16: Heartbeat can be heard, baby’s bones begin to harden and suck their thumb.
Week 17-20: Growth of baby’s organs and identification of sex. Body is covered with fine hair.
Week 21-24: Fat is being deposited on the body, to manage with change in temperature during and after birth.
Week 24-28: Baby is capable to hear sounds and sense darkness and lightness.
Week 29-32: Major organs of baby are developed, except the lungs.
Week 33-36: Eyes can be opened and closed, and baby’s fingernails start to grow long.
Week 37-40: Lungs get ready for birth, and be prepared for labor at anytime.
