The big countdown. D-Day. The bun being out of the oven. Whatever you call it, you probably can’t wait for the long longed-for day when you will finally come face to face with your baby. But there’s a whole exciting chapter of your baby’s life happening right now – and you should be celebrating it! ‘It’s common to be preoccupied with the birth of your baby, but what’s happening in your womb right now is amazing,’ says clinical psychologist Dr Kerry Taylor. ‘Did you know that as early as 12 weeks, your baby’s fingers may start to move and she can make a sucking motion with her mouth? Or that by 14 weeks she can pull faces and suck her thumb? And at 15 weeks she starts to hear you!…
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Mother & Baby (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019