Week by week / First trimester
Week 1
Your baby is not measurable yet. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
Too early to measure
- Trimester
- First
- To go
- 39 weeks
The baby
Nothing yet. This week is your period. Pregnancy is dated from the first day of it, which means the first two weeks of a 40 week pregnancy happen before there is anything to be pregnant with. It is an odd convention and it is the one every doctor uses.
You
A normal period. If you are trying to conceive, this is the week to start a prenatal vitamin with folic acid, because the neural tube closes before most people know they are pregnant.
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