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Your baby starts out as a fertilized egg, no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence. The baby will change and grow almost every single day and your body will change and grow, too. It will take 280 days (9 1/3 calendar months or 40 weeks) before the baby is fully developed and is ready to live outside your uterus (womb). Pregnancy is often divided into three periods called trimesters. Each trimester is roughly three months long (More)

General Information

Breastfeeding Your Baby Childbirth Family Planning (Merck Manual) (More)

The Body

Myths & Truths About The Ways Pregnancy Can Occur The Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation A Good Beginning: Harmful Influences for Your Unborn Baby (More)

Complications

Gum Disease and Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications May Increase Stroke Risk C-section (More)

Symptoms and Tests

Common Questions About Being Pregnant Possible Symptoms of Pregnancy Pregnancy Testing Methods (More)

Treatment

C-section Tutorial Caring for the Mother: Physically and Emotionally Common Herbal Remedies for Women's Health - OSU Patient Education (More)

Staying Healthy

Kangaroo Care Exercise in Pregnancy Focus on folate for health, not the blues (More)

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