Waiting time
This week your baby is around the size of a leek.
There is no way to "be behind" — babies come when they are ready.
These waiting days can be an anxious, restless time, with attention narrowing to whether today might be the day. Talking it through with the people close to you can take some of the weight off. Many parents describe these as the slowest days of pregnancy.
Sleeping problems are on this week's common-symptom list. So are frustration and boredom: this is the week the page names the wait itself as a symptom.
Gentle distraction and rest can ease the waiting.
Signs that labour may be approaching can appear in the coming days.
Services ParentSide defines for this stage. Each page explains what the service covers and which professionals are approved to provide it.
