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Pregnancy (Home) > Article & Tools > Pregnancy Calendar A Guide to your Pregnancy CalendarYour pregnancy calendar is a day-by-day calendar that provides you with information about your pregnancy and describes how your baby is developing. You can customise your own calendar depending on the date that you became pregnant. Every pregnancy calendar lasts for 40 weeks and is helpful to give you an idea of your baby's due date. To begin with, it can be difficult to know exactly when you fell pregnant and the start date of your pregnancy calendar is usually estimated. The estimated start date of your pregnancy calendar is initially calculated from the date of your last period. The general rule is that your could have become pregnant 14 days from your last period and this is the beginiing of your pregnancy calendar. Obviously this may not be completely accurate but gives a woman an idea of when her baby will be born. Once you have your first ultrasound scan of your baby then your health professional can take the measurement of the developing foetus to assess how far along your pregnancy calendar you actually are. This is the most accurate way of calculating the due date for your pregnancy calendar. Every pregnancy calendar is divided into three trimesters. The first trimester of your pregnancy calendar lasts for 12 weeks and is the most critical part of the baby's development. It is important to use your pregnancy calendar to be sure that you take the first three months particularly carefully. You need to adopt a healthy eating diet and take vitamins that are recommended by your health professional to ensure that your baby develops properly. By the end of the first trimester the task of growing new body structures will be complete. All the parts of the baby have developed by this stage including finger nails and toe nails and even the sex organs. During the second trimester of the pregnancy calendar is where all women begin to put on weight and begin to look pregnant. It is also the stage where some women stop feeling morning sickness but not all of them! The baby is now focussing on growing and the second trimester is also the stage in the pregnancy calendar where the cerebral cortex of the brain is truly developing. You can find detailed information about the various stages of your pregnancy by consulting your health professional, books or websites. There re a large number of websites that allow you to customise your own pregnancy calendar based on the date of your last period or your estimated due date. These sites can email you important information to help you understand the changes that your body is undergoing, as well as the baby. You can also use your pregnancy calendar to help you plan for the big day.
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