Pregnancy & Parenting
From the moment you start thinking about a baby through the toddler years — warm, honest, and thoroughly researched guidance written by someone who has lived it.
Week by week
First Trimester (Weeks 1–12)
Second Trimester (Weeks 13–26)
Week 29 of Pregnancy: A Butternut Squash, and the Week I Mentioned the Itching
Week 29 brought the usual third-trimester tiredness, plus a decision that mattered more than it seemed at the time: mentioning worsening itching to my doctor.
Week 28 of Pregnancy: An Aubergine, and the Week Itching Started for Me
Week 28 opens the third trimester, when sleep often gets harder — for me, it also brought an itch I assumed was minor and nearly ignored.
Week 27 of Pregnancy: A Small Cabbage, and the Last Week of the Second Trimester
Week 27 closes out the second trimester — for us, it was the week preparing for the baby suddenly felt real, right down to Finland's famous baby box.
Week 26 of Pregnancy: A Lettuce, and the Week the Baby's Eyes Open
Week 26 brings a genuinely striking milestone — the baby's eyes opening for the first time — even in a week that otherwise felt entirely routine.
Week 25 of Pregnancy: A Cauliflower, and the Week My Husband First Tried to Feel It
Week 25 is often when a partner starts trying to feel movement from the outside — even though, for us, that actually took a few more weeks.
Week 24 of Pregnancy: An Ear of Corn, Viability, and My Gestational Diabetes Test
Week 24 is the viability milestone — and often when the gestational diabetes screening test happens, which is exactly what it was for me.
Week 23 of Pregnancy: A Grapefruit, and the Week I Noticed Movement After Sweet Food
Week 23 is when hearing is considered largely developed — though for us, it was a change in blood sugar, not sound, that clearly moved the baby.
Week 22 of Pregnancy: A Papaya, and a Genuinely Settled Week
Week 22 often brings little change worth reporting — a settled routine, steady movement, and lungs quietly starting to practise breathing.
Week 21 of Pregnancy: A Carrot, and the Week Movement Starts Having a Pattern
Week 21 is often when the baby's movements start becoming frequent enough to notice a rhythm, not just the occasional flutter.
Week 20 of Pregnancy: A Banana, Halfway There, and the Anomaly Scan
Week 20 is the halfway point and usually when the detailed anomaly scan happens — often the moment you find out if it's a boy or a girl.
Week 19 of Pregnancy: A Mango, and the Week Movement Starts Feeling Familiar
Week 19 often continues quietly from where week 18 left off — movement becomes a bit more familiar, even as it's still easy to second-guess.
Week 18 of Pregnancy: A Sweet Potato, and the Week I First Felt Movement
Week 18 is the classic window for quickening — the first time many women feel their baby move, often before anyone else can feel a thing.