- Category: A Healthy Pregnancy
Getting to the hospital during labor is stressful enough. If you're placing your baby for adoption, you will have other preparations to think about as well. Be prepared and pack your hospital bag a month or two before your due date. That way you won't be scrambling to find what you need when your water breaks! - Read More
- Category: Pregnancy Month by Month
You’ve made it through month one! At this point you might be suspecting you are pregnant. Especially because now you will start noticing the physical changes and feelings that indicate pregnancy. Over the next four weeks your child’s features will continue to change and grow. While still tiny, your baby’s heart, brain, spinal cord, muscle, and bones are beginning to develop. - Read More
- Category: Pregnancy Month by Month
When you are newly pregnant there are undoubtedly many questions about the months ahead. What should you expect? How will your body change? What’s happening inside you? Our month-by-month pregnancy guide is meant to help birthmothers understand the changes in her body as the pregnancy progresses so she can be smart, confident and prepared. - Read More
- Category: Pregnancy Month by Month
You may be two-thirds of the way through your pregnancy, but your baby still has plenty of growing to do! At the end of the second trimester your baby is only about 2 pounds. He or she will grow to be between six-nine pounds over these next few months.
So, if you thought your belly couldn’t get much bigger - it will. A lot bigger! Here are some other things you can expect during your third trimester of pregnancy. - Read More
- Category: Pregnancy Month by Month
The second trimester of your pregnancy will bring more changes, but also some relief from those pesky early pregnancy symptoms. The morning sickness and fatigue that plagued you during the last three months should be fading, leaving you feeling more energetic and like your old self again.
At this point the pregnancy is becoming very real. You will grow more aware of the changing fetus inside you. Perhaps the biggest change will be the amount you start to "show." It can seem like just overnight your belly went from flat to pregnant! Get ready - for the next three months your baby will be very busy becoming more developed. He will sprout hair and his eyes and ears will move into their correct positions. You may even start to feel some kicks and jabs! It might even be the easiest three months of your pregnancy. Here is what you can expect. - Read More
