| A weekly pregnancy calendar is a manual that | | | | excellent reference guide for every anxious would-be |
| records the journey of the fetus from conception to | | | | mother. It helps her to understand every change and |
| birth. It expounds in detail, the pregnancy week by | | | | emotion that she would be undergoing through the |
| week development that the fetus should achieve in | | | | forty weeks of the pregnancy wheel. It helps her to |
| the mother womb. The pregnancy calendar also gives | | | | keep track of what is going on in her womb every |
| the details about the changes that occur in the mother | | | | minute. The calendar helps in alleviating her anxiety and |
| body and tells how to cope with these changes. This | | | | comforts her. |
| information can help the would-be-mother to ascertain | | | | Maintaining Your Own Weekly Pregnancy Calendar |
| that the fetus is growing in a healthy manner and her | | | | You can also make your own pregnancy calendar. It is |
| pregnancy is safe. Hence, every mother-to-be must | | | | very simple. Once you know your LMP and due date, |
| possess a pregnancy week by week calendar to | | | | you can yourself start maintaining the physical and |
| keep track of the milestones that the growing fetus | | | | emotional changes that you undergo on a weekly |
| achieves every week. Nowadays, there are numerous | | | | basis. You can compare this with any standard |
| websites from where you can download these | | | | pregnancy calendar to assure yourself that everything |
| pregnancy calendars for free. | | | | is well. |
| A Look At The Pregnancy Calendar | | | | Advantages Of Maintaining Your Own Pregnancy |
| A weekly pregnancy calendar generally follows a | | | | Calendar |
| forty week schedule. The calculation of the calendar is | | | | In addition to the above mentioned benefits, maintaining |
| very simple. The LMP i.e. the last menstrual period date | | | | your own weekly pregnancy calendar has some |
| is the first day of the pregnancy calendar. Forty | | | | apparent advantages. |
| weeks from the date is the due date. Here, it has to | | | | 1. You can use the calendar as a jotting notepad to |
| be noted that only in very few cases, the baby is | | | | record your queries, doubts and apprehensions. This |
| delivered on the due date. Generally any day after the | | | | will be useful in future appointments with your doctor. |
| 37th week is safe, because the baby would have | | | | 2. The pregnancy calendar is particularly useful in the |
| attained full development by the 37th week. | | | | third trimester of pregnancy (week 26 to week 40). In |
| A pregnancy calendar generally makes the following | | | | this final trimester, there are many changes happening |
| information available. | | | | in the mother body. The would-be mother will then find |
| 1. The growth and development that the fetus must | | | | the pregnancy calendar handy. With the help of a |
| achieve in each week of pregnancy, | | | | good calendar, she can identify if her contraction are |
| 2. The physical and the emotional changes that the | | | | true or false and if there is a need to consult the |
| mother-to-be undergoes and coping with these | | | | doctor. |
| changes, | | | | 3. A religiously written pregnancy calendar will be very |
| 3. Nutritional requirements and exercises for a health | | | | useful for the doctor in case any emergency arises in |
| pregnancy, | | | | the course of delivery. |
| 4. The do and do not during the nine months. | | | | 4. You can use your weekly pregnancy calendar to |
| In a nutshell, a weekly pregnancy calendar is an | | | | understand your future pregnancies better. |