39 weeks pregnant • Pregnancy calendar •

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There are 6 days until your due date on January 13, 2009.
You are 274 days pregnant.
You are 9 months pregnant.
You are in your 9th month of pregnancy.
Your 1st trimester: April 08, 2008 to July 07, 2008. (0 - 12 weeks)
Your 2nd trimester: July 08, 2008 to October 20, 2008. (13 - 27 weeks)
Your 3rd trimester: October 21, 2008 to January 13, 2009. (28 - 40 weeks)

Your baby's crown-to-rump length at this time is approximately 14.4 inches and the total length is approximately 21.5 inches. The average baby weighs a little more than 7 pounds now and is preparing for birth. You are probably as big as you are going to get and may be uncomfortable now. Most women gain between 25 and 35 pounds during their pregnancy. Your uterus is about 7-8 inches above your bellybutton now.

Although your baby continues to grow and develop inside of your uterus, there is not much room for him to move about. All of your baby's organ systems are now complete and the lungs were the last to fully mature.

If you are uncomfortable with your pregnancy at this time, you are not alone. Most women are ready to deliver their babies. It would be very unusual for you to not be uncomfortable at this time. Your uterus has grown a lot and now fills your entire pelvis and abdomen. Try not to ask your doctor to induce you, unless it is medically necessary. Your cervix is ripening in preparation for delivery and your bladder is under a lot of pressure. You may feel nervous about the upcoming labor. You will know when you are in labor because contractions will get worse when you move around and they will also get stronger and more frequent. Other signs of labor are the breaking of your water or a bloody show as the mucus that plugged your cervix becomes dislodged.

Most of the lanugo on your baby should be gone by now. Your baby still may have some on his shoulders and in the creases of his body. Your baby's toenails have reached the end of his toes. The umbilical cord is about a half inch thick and may be wrapped around him. The umbilical cord still supplies the baby with nutrients that he needs. After delivery, your baby's umbilical cord will be clamped and cut. After it is cut, he will be an independent human being and must perform all of his body functions on his own. Your baby will get antibodies from your body that give his immune system a boost.

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robinnum1 - 6.5 hours ago
Sunday is the next FULL moon!

candice79 - 7.8 hours ago
good luck to all the ladies being induced!

18soon2bmommy - 8.1 hours ago
went to drs today no change since last weekw en they stripped my membranes im still 3 cm adn 75 % so they stripped me again adn gave my cervix a 'good stretch' wich hurt like hell....goin in at 6am tomorrow to start pitocin and induce :) wish me luck

skeeler - 8.2 hours ago
so today i had another false alarm, my pad was soaked, thought my water broke, called my dr, went straight to labor and delivery, i was having absolutly no contractions, and i'am only 1cm dialated, when they thought i was two, and i'am only 50% when they thought i was 70 % and it was just discharge, my due date is on wednesday, and the dr said if i don't dialate anymore then 1 cm come next wednesday they are going to do a c section, since i'm allergic to something in the pitocin, and it triggers something with my stomach disease that i have. so yeah, pregnancy blows. oh and the baby is still high, hasn't dropped, so i got a pelvic exam, a speculum exam, an ultrasound, pumped full of fluids, and monitored for like 6 hours for nothing. god this blows.

nikkiekck - 8.5 hours ago
ohh and do lots of walking and sex,and sex ,and sex...wait what were we talking abt?? lol!! because after baby here it be 4-6 weeks at least b4 you can do anything..

nikkiekck - 8.5 hours ago
I was 2 weeks over due with my son. I was a bit scared to go anywhere for first day or so then i realized i cant hibernate. If waters break i know people will understand not my fault. My water did break with my first lucky was at home but room mate was kind enough not to care and picked it up for me.I did read usualy wter breaking is a trickle than a gush.luky me was a waterfall!! lol

cheyenne - 8.8 hours ago
hayley- sex sex sex, that is what I have heard anyway.

happyhayley - 8.8 hours ago
SO I had my first internal exam today and I was convinced he would tell me I was all locked up with no news and labour was weeks away. Instead he said my cervix was very soft, its 2cm dialated but I am not engaged at all. I was really happy. I was wondering what should I do to make sure I continue to dialate more for the next check up and maybe get myself to engage?

Mrs.Nissley - 9.6 hours ago
So my due date is on Wednesday. I had a doc apt. today in hopes she'd tell me I was 5cm dialated & ready to have this little guy! But No!! I'm still at 1cm. :( What the hell is wrong with me? I'm sad now. I've been at 1cm for 4 weeks now! Still haven't had any contractions. The doc striped my membranes today so we'll see if anything happens.... :(

miaelissa - 9.9 hours ago
Well going in to the hospital tomorrow night at 8p.m. and they are going to induce me Wednesday morning. I am so excited but now I am nervous also. ::Scream:: Is this really it? I am still not dialated or effaced any at all. And still closed and thick so I hope and pray all goes well. Q for you ladies that were induced. After they started the pitocin how long did it take for baby to come (I might ask them to delay it a bit b/c my husband will not be able to get there until later that afternoon)??

emilyandbaby - 11.3 hours ago
I'm worried about my water breaking in public too. I've taken to carrying around a thick pad everywhere I go. Not sure it will help if it all breaks while I'm standing in the checkout at the supermarket but it makes me feel slightly more confident to have something with me. I'm having a bit of spotting from my dr exam yesterday but I'm sure that's all it is. I was not very impressed that he then gave me an appointment time for next Monday - after my due date! Oh well...she's got to come out of me at some point in the next few weeks...

Julie(boo No5) - 12 hours ago
Hi ladies, i'm from week 38, lost loads of my mucus plug over the past 2 weeks, but because there has been no `bloody show' I have been thinking that maybe I will go ovber which i'm praying not as i've been in pain for 6 days now!!! This is my 5th, but I can only remember from my daughters birth 4 yrs ago & I had a bloody show 2 weeeks before her birth, my boys I can't remember much from there births, well, I can but not the `show or mucus plug' bit. It's nice to know that you can get it on the onset of labour. I have 10 days to go & it seems like forever!!

dukegirl21 - 12.8 hours ago
talks1nmath- thanks! That is helpful to know. I knew the mucous plug could cause some 'bloody show' but I've lost mine and even that was clear... no blood at all. I still could end up bleeding before, but just in case I don't I needed to kno! Thank u :o) xx

dukegirl21 - 12.8 hours ago
amy- I am afraid of it happening in public too!! Tonight is grocery shopping night and I've been thinking all day, what if my water breaks while I'm in the middle of this?? And is it gonna be enough for people to tell?? And if I'm directly in the middle of shopping with a full cart... what the heck am I posta do with all of that w/out making a scene like, 'I'm sry, I g2g!' ... lol. Idk! I hope my water breaks so I dont hafta worry about timing these stupid contractions and wait til there bad where I cant talk thru one. Since I had group b strep, if my water breaks, I gotta go right away. But my luck, it wont break, OR it will happen in public!! And thx for the info on the bleeding. I was hoping that wasnt the case either!

talks1nmaths - 12.9 hours ago
dukegirl21-- I'm from week 34, but I've already had one child so I can share a bit of info on my experience with labour: I didn't start to bleed until I was about 3cm dilated (and at the hospital), and my water didn't break until I was closer to 5cm. Some women have to have a midwife/doctor break theirs for them. You definitely don't have to bleed before going into labour.

~amy~ - 13.6 hours ago
dukegirl- with my mom (who has had 9), my sister(2), and my grama (5) none bled before going into labor. They didn't dilate either until the water broke- which 75% of the time was BEFORE going to the hospital. I'm so scared that I'll be shopping or something and my water is going to break!!

Erin A - 13.8 hours ago
when in labor with my first i never bled tell the actually delivery

candice79 - 14.6 hours ago
Well girls, I wanted to let everyone know, I had my 39 week check up today, My doctor decided to go ahead and induce, so on Wed. Morning at 5:30am I will be getting the pitocin to get her to come out... Best wishes to all!

mrsnewz519 - 14.8 hours ago
woobies mom- i have been having contractions in a regular patterns for the past few weeks been to the hospital 2 times actually to get sent back home bcuz there was no progression in my dilation..and the contractions were strong and painful..the closest they were at one point were 2 mins apart!!

dukegirl21 - 14.9 hours ago
do you hafta bleed at all before you go into labor? I know your water doesnt have to break, only 1 in 10 women actually have theirs break. But is bleeding a sure thing or its different with each person too???

woobies-mom - 15 hours ago
Well ladies, who knows if this is false labour or not, but i am contracting every 10 minutes or so and have been since last night. This is the most regular they have been so we have packed our bags and are heading to my parents where we plan to give birth with our midwife when the time comes. Hoping this isnt false labour, but have yet to break my water or bleed so I am not sure whats going on. Have a midwife appointment tomorrow anyways so will get checked than if not before. Wish me luck!

dukegirl21 - 15.1 hours ago
I guess the nausea thing is pretty normal around this time! I have it too and cant eat much without feeling sick here the past few days. I havent actually gotten sick but it sure feels like it. Maybe its just a sign of the end being near.... lets hope!

sbrooker22 - 16 hours ago
So I have 5 days until my due date. When I had my daughter my water broke 5 days before my due date. But that was also 7 years ago. I have been so incredibly impatient as I can see all you are as well. I have been going to the bathroom like crazy and checking the TP for any signs of bloody show. Nothing. This morning I kind of feel sick and I ate but it's not doing so well in my belly. I noticed something wet down there and looked and finally there is some discharge that I never had before. I went to the bathroom and could feel the discharge leak out of me while peeing. I wiped and a lot of milky discharge was on the TP. I don't know if this means I am any closer, but I feel as though I will be pregnant forever. This is torture....wait wait wait....that's all I've been doing. I don't want to get excited that labor might happen soon because it could still be weeks. I feel like I will be overdue, no dialation and will have to have a c-section. I am so frusterated, I never want to go through this again. After all these months of being pregnant and it feeling like a decade, along with not knowing when the baby will come, and being incredibly uncomfortable, I don't want to go through it again. I wish all of you the best of luck and hope your babies come soon!

bwest - 16 hours ago
I am getting so excited!! Wednesday is coming quick! I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 AM and have the surgery at 7:30. It sucks that i live an hour away from the hospital so that means i have to get up at 3:30 AM to be ready to leave the house by 4:30 to get there by 5:30! BUT oh well! My acid reflux has come back so bad and it sucks! After the pregnancy is over i never want to think about having another child again! lol Which i said that after my first one and here i am 3 years later having another one! but this is seriously my last even though i am not having my tubes tied!

18soon2bmommy - 16.8 hours ago
off to my last prenatal appointment in 2 hours...just found out from my sister that my step moms an alcoholic adn is currently doing her second stint in rehab since beginning of december.... cool no one told me

dukegirl21 - 17.3 hours ago
thanks for the info guys- I will definitely try the SuperTarget right down the road. I know it might not work but it is helpful in getting your uterus back to smaller quicker, and with less bleeding. So thats a plus too and a good reason to use it! But mostly, I want this little girl out so we can use all of her new stuff! :o)

JMBrown - 17.4 hours ago
I go in at midnight to be induced. I can't wait; I can't even sleep at night anymore it is to uncomfortable. My poor 5 year old has circles under her eyes because I am up so much at night. Wish me luck and to those of you trying to induce yourself good luck and I hope those babies come soon. You will all be great mothers I have no doubt!!!

ashleyplus1 - 17.8 hours ago
oh ladies!!! preggers yet another day! im getting desperate here.. i officially still have 5 days left but i want him out now!! and ive tried it all!, other than castrol oil... im not doing that shit again! i even rode the spin cycle on my washer yesterday..lol but my fat ass weighed it down to much and it hardly even vibrated haha.. i guess my lil man will come on his own terms huh? best of luck to all the lucky ones!! and i feel for the rest of you! :)

~amy~ - 17.8 hours ago
I've been drinking the tea day and night it seems and it seems to make the contractions harder but not anymore consistent. I've had some bad period like cramping today and feel nauseus but the sick feeling could just be coming from the fact that we were short this month and our rent is going to be late :( I love the holidays but I really hate what all that time off does to the paycheck!!

babyruh3 - 18.1 hours ago
i'm with you 18~been drinking it and nothing is happening. i'm going drink more anyway :) anything that might help :)

18soon2bmommy - 18.2 hours ago
dukegirl- i got mine at the local grocery store its a brand called traditional medicines.. i dont know where in your area you could find it tho if youve checked all those places..maybe ask your dr? but honestly i wouldnt even bother ive been drinkin 3 cups a day for like a month and nothing so

CandidaAndPaul - 18.2 hours ago
Had our baby girl, Charlie Piper, at 9:42am on January 1st but was the 9th new years baby. She weighed 7 lb 13 ounces and 21 inches, we were due December 30 and had an induction date for Jan 7th........I miss being pregnant now though :( even though i HATED it a week ago

babyruh3 - 18.2 hours ago
also, don't get your hopes up too high...with my first I was at 2 cm and the doc said 'you'll be in labor bythe weekend'...2 weeks later I went into labor :( hopefully your docs are right!!! keep active!

babyruh3 - 18.2 hours ago
dukegirl~I go tmy tea at target (it was a supertarget). the bran di bought was yogi tea. it was in the cereal aisle by the tea :) do you have rainbow foods? i saw it there, too.

dukegirl21 - 18.3 hours ago
ya know- I just helped take the Christmas Tree down here at work, a huge, heavy tree... and I moved a couple of boxes. Now I got some nice contractions I can actually feel the pain and it hurts. I think if we keep active, and don't over do it, it'll help! I almost wanna lift a damn horse right now if it'd put me in labor!

camk82 - 18.6 hours ago
It's so comforting to read everyone else feeling just as frustrated and discouraged as me. I'm so so sick of people asking how i feel and if i think it will be soon. No body wants her out more than me. Today I'm officially starting my maternity leave and i feel so bad cuz i have no baby yet!!! i feel lazy to be at home just running to the bathroom constantly and checking the tp for any signs of tinge. ha. What if i stay pregnant forever??? I don't know if i've dropped and my dr wants to wait till ten days late which is two weeks from now. ahhh!!!! how can i possibly wait that long?!

dukegirl21 - 19.2 hours ago
can someone PLEASE tell me where to get red raspberry leaf tea????? I have looked everywhere from the grocery store, to wal-mart, to GNC and drug stores.... where the hell can u buy it at???

dukegirl21 - 19.4 hours ago
hi ladies- went to the hospital on Friday night bc I thought my water has broken. I was wrong. It was nothing more than an increase in d/c and urine from where she's pushing down so much. They asked if I was feeling my contractions and I said no. They were surprised bc the monitor was showing them at pretty high numbers. She said I was now dialated to 2 cm and that I should have her in less than a week or any day now. So that means by Friday. But how is that when I saw people on here at 3cm, 100%, and still waited days and days??? I've had some painful contractions but nothing close enough still- at least the ones I feel. So idk- I'm sooo anxious. I've been doing squats all night and day for the last 2 days. Now I'm just sore and cant sleep!!

mrswood - 1 days ago
So I crash out sound asleep tonight for the first time in a while..... and wake up at 11:15 with throw up in my mouth running to the bathroom! Not fun. Now, I am sitting here, afraid to lay down because I can feel it wanting to come out again. My stomach hurts and I am getting these bulging BH where the whole thing contorts. But alas, not that I can get excited. No bloody show, no water, and nothing consistent. Just enough to completely ruin what was going to be a good nights sleep and depress me even further. I prayed so hard that I would just have my baby tonight or tomorrow. I am sooo uncomfortable. Ugh.... I can feel myself wanting to throw up again. This is going to be a fun night. :(

candice79 - 1 days ago
jan, with my first daughter I was overdue for a week and a half... It just depends on the doctor, my doctor now is not going to let me go over 3 days overdue...

first babyboy - 1 days ago
this was my longest pregnacy, my other three was very short, and early and he came at 39 weeks and 3 days, and he is finally here, everyone is different, and so i severy pregnancy, and do i knot that now

skeeler - 1 days ago
i'm officially going to be pregnant forever... my due date is wednesday, and i swear its going to be like any other day.

jan of philippines - 1 days ago
i just went to see my dr today.he said im not goig to give birth yet.but i thought im gonna deliver on the 10th,w/c is my due date,but he said i have to coe back on the 9th.this is my first,so any of you sweet ladies have any idea how long do i have to wait if im not gonna give birth yet on my due date?i cant really wait anymore

rere78 - 1 days ago
i am soo frustrated..my dr will not induce me since my uterus is still high and the baby could be strangled by the cord///i understand that fully i do///but is there nothing that i can do to help it drop? I walk 2-3 miles a day and she said that really does not do anything. I have been on maturnity leave for going on my 3rd week and just feel helpless......

BAMMOM - 1 days ago
I am not sure what is worse. Waiting to go into labor or knowing what day and time you are going to have a baby. I am experiencing the second. I am doing a C-section on Tuesday afternoon and the closer we get to that date the more nervous I get. It has been 13 years since I've had a baby, its a little overwhelming.

~amy~ - 1 days ago
bwest I feel the same way! It's going to be so different to have nothing to bitch about to each other ;) lol we'll have to keep up with everyone on the baby pages!

first babyboy - 1 days ago
kelburst------you will fine, girl, god is in your praiers, god bless you and have a good night, he is with you, what ever you do please do not let the baby feel your pain, becuase they can sense that, okay,

kelbust - 1 days ago
i had my baby! maxton asher came into this world after 16 hours of labor (3-1/2 hours of pushing and the epidural stopped working at one point- ouch!). he is gorgeous and i am totally in love with him. unfortunately, he contracted a virus on the way out of the birth canal and had to be trasnported to another hospital across town in the middle of the night. i was unable to go with him because they would not discharge me so soon after his birth. they tried to get me to take xanax to calm down and 'just get some rest' while my baby is in an ambulance to the NICU! i was pissed and so scared. i still am really scared, max is still in the hospital in the special care nursery. and after I got discharged from the hospital, i came over here as well. right now, we can only touch him at 'touch times' 4x/day for about an hour. i was able to start breastfeeding yesterday, and that lifted my spirits, but this is still very scary and hard. please send positive thoughts and prayers! good luck with all your babies, and as hard as it is, enjoy this time!

bwest - 1 days ago
well ladies i just cried like a baby on the movie The Green Mile. It was SO sad. I should have known not to watch it but i love it so much!!!! I love this site too i feel like i have gotten so close to you all. It's going to be upsetting once we all have our little ones and aren't on anymre. I miss the ones that have already had there's and dont get on anymore!!!

first babyboy - 1 days ago
your plug looks like snot, it can be clear and shiny, or snot look a like

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