Questions to ask at your 12-week scan

Your little sweetheart still has some growing to do but as of today, he’s over 30 cm long, big enough lying down to fit on your forearm between your hand and your elbow. As it has been 29 weeks since you have had a period, welcome to the third trimester of pregnancy. Read more about this week.

About the size of a robin’s egg, your little one measures about 30 mm long. Learn more about this week.

Time’s up! If he hasn’t already, your little darling will arrive in the next few days. And then you will be a mother at last! Read more about this week.

Though the foetus now weighs around half a kilo, your little darling still has plenty of room in your belly. And likes to use it when not asleep! Read more about this week.

Things are slowing down a little in your belly now. That’s because everything is getting close to being developed! Your little one is around 45 cm long and weighs well over 2 kilos. Read more about this week.

Though your little darling is planted deep inside you, this is the week where everything gets set up for his sense of smell. Read more about this week.

Your little one is around 35 cm long from crown to toe and already weights about 1.3 kilos, a third of her birth weight. Her feet measure nearly 6 cm – yes, they are tiny! Read more about this week.

Two hearts beat as one, as the song says. In actual fact, your child’s heart is beating just fine on its own. Read more about this week.

If you could look inside, you may see your little angel sucking her thumb. It’s nature’s way of getting her ready to breastfeed from birth. Read more about this week.

You’re at the very beginning of the journey. You can’t see anything yet, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole lot going on.

In about a month, you’ll be holding that little bundle of joy in your arms. Until then, there’s still lots of polishing and refinement going on inside you. Read more about this week.