Paula Kashtan

Checklist: Pregnancy Timeline

pregnancy timeline

• TTC

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• See the dentist

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• Preconception checkup

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• Get tetanus booster and German measles and chicken pox immunizations

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• Talk to relatives about family medical history including birth defects, miscarriages and genetic disorders

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• Start taking prenatal vitamins

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• If self employed, apply for a private disability policy 

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• Weeks 1-8

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• Take pregnancy test

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• Tell your partner the good news

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• Find an OB/GYN

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• Schedule prenatal checkup

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• Research insurance — how does it deal with pregnancy and children?

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• Make sure partner has short and long term disability

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• Figure out how pregnancy, baby and maternity leave will affect finances 

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• Create a savings plan for your child's future expenses

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• Make a budget to start saving now 

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• First prenatal checkup (week 4-8)

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• Weeks 8-12

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• Start buying maternity clothes

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• Chorionic villus sampling

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• Nuchal translucency screening (week 10-12)

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• Chromosomal disorder screening (week 10-14)

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• Doctor visit

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• Weeks 12-16

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• Start planning maternity leave and postpartum work schedule

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• Tell boss about pregnancy

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• Doctor visit

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• Milestone: Tell friends and family? 

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• Weeks 16-20

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• Start planning nursery

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• Look into childcare options

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• Doctor visit

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• Standard mid-pregnancy ultrasound

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• Amniocentesis and triple screen (week 15-18)

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• Milestone: Find out baby's gender?

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• Milestone: Hear baby's heartbeat with stethoscope?

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• Milestone: First baby kick?

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• Milestone: Belly starting to show?

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• Weeks 20-24

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• Start pediatrician interviews

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• Research and sign up for childbirth classes

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• Figure out baby shower logistics (date, host, location, guests, etc.)

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• If banking cord blood, figure out where and order kit

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• Doctor visit

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• Weeks 24-28

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• Update or write will, including directions for child's inheritance and guardianship

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• Purchase life insurance 

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• Update 401K and retirement account beneficiaries 

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• If using doula, start interviews

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• Start childcare interviews

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• Send out shower invites

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• Register for shower gifts

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• Doctor visit 

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• Weeks 28-32

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• Babyproof house

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• Start fetal kick counts

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• Prepare birth plan

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• Baby shower

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• Send thank-you notes for gifts (start one week after shower) 

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• Cook and freeze meals for after delivery

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• Start childbirth class

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• Doctor visits (two this month)

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• Milestone: Others feel baby move?  

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• Weeks 32-36

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• Buy any baby items still needed

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• Prepare all baby first aid and emergency items 

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• Print and fill out emergency sheets

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• Get a low-maintenance haircut

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• Finish painting nursery

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• Get car seat inspected 

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• Pack hospital bag

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• Contact local cord blood bank if interested in donating

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• Find out what screening tests your hospital routinely gives newborns

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• Speak with doctor about any additional tests you'd like run 

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• Doctor visits (two this month) 

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• Group B strep test (week 35-37)

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• Milestone: Last day of work

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• Milestone: Last week to fly safely (week 35)  

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• Weeks 36-delivery

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• Doctor visits (weekly until delivery) 

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• Non-stress test

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• Biophysical profile

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• Month 1

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• Hepatitis B #1 (birth-two months)

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• Pediatrician visit (week 2-4)  

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• Month 2 

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• Baby old enough to be accepted at some daycares (week 6)

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• Meet with manager to discuss work hours and return to projects

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• Hepatitis B #2 (month 1-4)

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• Milestone: First day back at work  

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• Month 3

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• Pediatrician visit

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• DtaP, Hib, polio, PCV and rotovirus vaccines 

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• Milestone: First smile

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