Pregnancy

FAQs at a Glance

Checklist for When You’re 7 Months Pregnant

• If you have had a cesarean section before and would now like to try for a vaginal delivery, ask your healthcare provider whether you might be a good candidate for a VBAC (a vaginal birth after a cesarean delivery).

• Consider whether you’d like to hire a labor support person called a doula and ask your healthcare provider or other moms in your area for recommendations.

• Ask your healthcare provider about counting your baby’s movements at seven months pregnant. 

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You might be looking at your belly and wondering if it’s the right size for 12 weeks pregnant. Try not to compare your bump to other moms-to-be. Every pregnancy is unique and it will depend on many factors like your build, whether you’re pregnant with twins, your pre-pregnancy weight, and whether this is your first baby.

In other words, at 12 weeks pregnant, you may be starting to see a more prominent belly, but if not, don’t worry, it will appear before you know it.

Are you having unusual food cravings this week? They're quite common — between 50 and 90 percent of women experience these cravings at some point during pregnancy.

No one knows for sure why pregnancy cravings occur; some medical experts believe these cravings are your body’s way of telling you what it needs, while others blame them on changing hormone levels. As long as your food choices are part of a healthy pregnancy diet, go ahead and eat up!

Your baby has come a long way in just a few short weeks! That little head is taking on a rounder, more human shape, and by now all the internal organs should be in place and starting to work together.

Tiny tooth buds have begun to develop, too. Your baby’s fingers and toes are growing longer, and the webs that had been between each finger and toe are starting to disappear.

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