Week by week pregnancy calendar

12 weeks pregnant

Pregnancy week 12 in which your chances of miscarriage are much lower and your baby starts to play.

At three inches long, your 1oz foetus and expanding uterus may mean that after three months of pregnancy, you have a bump!

Your body

Hurray! You've reached the end of your first trimester! From now on, there is much less worry about the possibility of miscarrying your baby. And although there are no guarantees, you can be more confident about carrying your baby to full term.

Goodbye morning sickness!

Most women who have been suffering from morning (or all day) sickness will find it starts to taper off now. The huge surge of hormones that occurred at the beginning of your pregnancy is now levelling off. For a few unlucky women, morning sickness may continue for the next few weeks. But don't be disheartened, it will end eventually.

Energy boost

You will find that you are gradually feeling less tired and as you enter your second trimester your metabolism will be working more efficiently and you will have more energy and hopefully enjoy that 'pregnancy bloom'. But try not to overdo it - you still need to have plenty of rest.