Pregnancy - 12
Your baby
Your baby is now around 6cm in length. His face is beginning to look more human and his eyes, which started on the side of his head, have moved closer together on his face. His ears have taken up position on the sides of his head.
Your baby’s hair is now beginning to grow and fingers and toes have small soft nails, while the mouth has 20 tiny buds which will become baby teeth. He might even start to suck his thumb and is much more active. His vocal cords are complete, though will go unused until his first few seconds in the outside world!
You
Healthy eating during pregnancy is as much about what foods to avoid as what foods to eat. Some food may harm the baby as well as making you ill, so food safety needs to be a priority.
Now that you’re pregnant, leave the following foods out of your diet:
- Undercooked or raw eggs or foods likely to be made with them, (including home-made mousses, ice cream and mayonnaise, all of which may be made with raw eggs)
- Undercooked or very rare meat, chicken and fish
- Raw fish or meat in dishes like sushi or steak tartare and smoked salmon
- Unpasteurised milk, cheese or yoghurt, soft cheeses like brie, camembert, ricotta or blue veined cheeses (ordinary cheddar cheese or cottage cheese is fine as long as they are made with pasteurised milk - check the label!)
- Pate or liver – these can have excessive amounts of vitamin A which can harm your baby
- Swordfish, marlin, shark and tuna. These fish can contain mercury which can harm your baby’s developing nervous system. If you can’t live without tuna, keep it to once a week at most
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