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HEY Baby Carousel

Monthly information and advice session for expectant parents

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If you are expecting a baby and you are being cared for at Hull Women and Children's Hospital, you may want to attend the much acclaimed HUTH Carousel.

All carousel sessions will be held on the ground floor of the hospital from 18:30 to 20:30, on the middle Wednesday of each month, dates are detailed in the table below.

There is no need to book just come along.

There will be information sessions and stalls covering the following topics and much more:

Labour Ward and Midwifery Led Unit
Healthy lifestyles
Infant feeding
Car seat safety
Baby massage
Pre and postnatal exercise
Home birth
Oral health
Bathing and nappy changing
Safe sleeping
Ask a Midwife service
Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership.

The team look forward to seeing you at one or more of these carousels:

15th May 2024	11th December 2024
19th June 2024	15th January 2025
17th July 2024	19th March 2025
18th September 2024	16th April 2025
16th October 2024	14th May 2025
13th November 2024	18th June 2025

If you want to find out more please email: hyp-tr.hey.baby@nhs.net.

Week 4

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Your baby is now officially an embryo and is about the size of a poppy seed.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/4-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 8

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Your baby is now the size of a kidney bean and weighs 1g.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/8-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 12

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Welcome to the second trimester!

Your baby is about the size of a small lime and weighs approximately 14g.

You have hopefully seen your midwife for your 'booking in' appointment, if you have not yet seen a midwife please make an appointment quickly, so you can have all of your choices about screening tests explained and offered to you.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/12-weeks-pregnant/ for more information. You can also link to the 'Pregnancy Journey' area here.

Week 16

2019-07-03

Your baby is about the size of an avocado and weighs approximately 100g.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/16-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 20

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Your baby has grown in length and is now the length of a small banana and weighs approximately 300g. Around this time you will be offered your '20 week' scan, also known as the 'anatomy' or 'anomaly' scan.Click here for more information about screening.

This is a also a good time to talk and sing to your bump as your baby can now hear sounds. This is great way for you and your partner/family to bond with your baby.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/20-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 24

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Your baby has grown again to the approximate length of an ear of sweetcorn and weighs about 600g.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/24-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 28

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Welcome to the third trimester!

Your baby is now approximately the weight of an aubergine; about 1kg and approximately 37cm in length.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/28-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 32

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Your baby now weighs approximately the same as a coconut; around 1.5kg.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/32-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 36

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Your baby is now around the same size as a lettuce, approximately 47cm long and weighs around 2.6kg.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/36-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.

Week 40

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Your baby is now the weight of a small watermelon which is approximately 3.3kg and around 50cm in length.

Please visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/40-weeks-pregnant/ for more information.