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  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy
    • The stages of pregnancy
      • The stages of pregnancy
      • Before pregnancy
      • Fertilization
      • Length of pregnancy
      • Due date
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    • The fetus
      • The fetus
      • Development of the fetus
      • Fetus’s environment
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    • Everyday life during pregnancy
      • Everyday life during pregnancy
      • Physical changes
      • Emotional changes
      • Sexuality
      • Personal care
      • Physical activities
      • Tobacco and electronic cigarette
      • Alcohol
      • Cannabis and other drugs
      • Household products
      • Cats
      • Gardening
      • Health and safety at work
      • Travel and trips
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    • Nutrition during pregnancy
      • Nutrition during pregnancy
      • Eating well
      • Nutritional needs of pregnant women
      • Eating regularly
      • Appetite, cravings, and aversions
      • On the menu: variety, colours, and flavours
      • Essential nutrients
      • Drinks
      • Special needs
      • Diets
      • Preventing allergies
      • Preventing food-borne infections
      • Resources
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    • Prenatal care
      • Prenatal care
      • Professionals and services
      • Prenatal care
      • Other types of care
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    • Health during pregnancy
      • Health during pregnancy
      • Medication and natural health products
      • Discomforts of pregnancy
      • Common health problems
      • Warning signs
      • Miscarriage and mourning
      • High-risk pregnancies
      • Domestic violence during pregnancy
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    • Preparing to breastfeed
      • Preparing to breastfeed
      • Making the decision to breastfeed
      • A learned skill
      • Starting milk production: the first few days
      • Ways to make breastfeeding easier
      • Common concerns and possible problems
      • The importance of a support network
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    • Preparing for the birth
      • Preparing for the birth
      • Visiting the hospital or birthing centre
      • What to bring to the hospital or birthing centre
      • Vaginal birth after caesarean
      • Breech presentation
      • Birth plan
      • Preparing for the baby’s arrival
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  • Delivery
    • Delivery
    • The start of labour
      • The start of labour
      • Recognizing the start of labour
      • When should I go to the hospital or birthing centre?
      • Understanding and coping with pain
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    • The stages of childbirth
      • The stages of childbirth
      • First stage: Thinning and opening of the cervix
      • Second stage: Descent and birth of your baby
      • Third stage: Delivery of the placenta
      • First moments with your baby
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    • Possible interventions during labour
      • Possible interventions during labour
      • Stripping the membranes
      • Inducing labour
      • Stimulating labour
      • Monitoring the baby’s health
      • Pain medication
      • Episiotomy
      • Caesarean
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    • The first few days
      • The first few days
      • Skin-to-skin contact
      • Your stay at the hospital or birthing centre
      • When the unexpected happens
      • The body after birth
      • Baby blues
      • Depression
      • Sexuality after birth
      • Birth control
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  • Baby
    • Baby
    • The newborn
      • The newborn
      • Fetal position
      • Size and weight
      • Skin
      • Eyes
      • Head
      • Swollen breasts
      • Genitals
      • Spots
      • Sneezing
      • Hiccups
      • The need for warmth
      • Urine
      • Stools
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    • Talking with your baby
      • Talking with your baby
      • Crying
      • The need to suck
      • Touch
      • Taste and smell
      • Hearing
      • Eyesight
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    • Sleep
      • Sleep
      • Sleeping safely
      • Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
      • Preventing a flat head
      • Sleep in the first weeks
      • Sleep at around 4 months
      • Sleep after 6 months
      • Sleep between 1 and 2 years old
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    • Your child’s development
      • Your child’s development
      • Bonding
      • Temperament
      • To interact is to stimulate
      • Playing to learn
      • Screens
      • Toys
      • Questions about language
      • Setting limits
      • Stages of growth
      • Toilet training
      • Emergent reading and writing
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  • Feeding your child
    • Feeding your child
    • Feeding your baby
      • Feeding your baby
      • An act of love
      • Hunger signs
      • Feeding schedule
      • Is your baby drinking enough milk?
      • Growth spurts
      • Hiccups
      • Burping
      • Regurgitation
      • Gas
      • Excessive crying (colic)
      • Allergies and intolerances
      • Social pressure
      • Baby’s changing needs
      • Feeding a premature baby
      • Vitamin D: Not your ordinary vitamin!
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    • Milk
      • Milk
      • Which milk is best?
      • Mother’s milk
      • Producing breast milk
      • The composition of human milk
      • Handling expressed milk
      • Commercial infant formula (commercial milk)
      • Handling commercial infant formula
      • Other types of milk
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    • Breastfeeding your baby
      • Breastfeeding your baby
      • Breastfeeding: A learned skill
      • Getting help
      • Your breasts during nursing
      • Breastfeeding, step by step
      • How often to nurse — and how long?
      • Breastfeeding phases
      • Is breastfeeding still possible?
      • Expressing milk
      • Combining breast and bottle
      • Weaning
      • Breastfeeding problems and solutions
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    • Bottle-feeding your baby
      • Bottle-feeding your baby
      • Choosing baby bottles and nipples
      • How much milk?
      • Warming milk
      • Bottle-feeding your baby
      • Bottle-feeding problems and solutions
      • Cleaning bottles, nipples  and breast pumps
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    • Foods
      • Foods
      • When should I introduce foods?
      • How should I introduce foods?
      • Choking risk: Be extra careful until age 4
      • Honey — never for babies under age 1
      • Baby food basics
      • 6 to 12 months — your baby’s first foods
      • Start with iron-rich foods
      • Continue with a variety of foods
      • Grain products
      • Meat and alternatives
      • Vegetables and fruit
      • Milk and dairy products
      • Fats
      • Food ideas for your baby
      • From 1 year onward — sharing meals with the family
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    • Food-related problems
      • Food-related problems
      • Food allergies
      • Lactose intolerance
      • Anemia
      • Poor appetite
      • Chubby babies
      • Stools and foods
      • Constipation
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    • Water
      • Water
      • When to give your baby water
      • Boil water for babies under 4 months
      • Choosing the right water
      • Municipal tap water
      • Private well water
      • Bottled water
      • Bulk water
      • Water coolers
      • Water treatment devices
      • Water problems
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  • Health
    • Health
    • A healthy baby
      • A healthy baby
      • Holding your newborn
      • Caring for the umbilical cord
      • Bathing your baby
      • Nasal irrigation
      • Baby's teeth
      • Cutting your baby’s nails
      • Choosing diapers
      • Medical checkups
      • Consulting health professionals
      • Baby’s growth
      • Vaccination
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    • Common health problems
      • Common health problems
      • A well-stocked medicine cabinet
      • Newborn jaundice
      • Thrush in the mouth
      • Pimples, redness, and other skin problems
      • Eye problems
      • Allergies
      • Common childhood infections
      • Fever
      • Fever and skin rashes
      • Colds and flu
      • Stuffed-up or runny nose
      • Cough
      • Sore throat
      • Ear infection
      • Diarrhea
      • Vomiting
      • Dehydration
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    • Keeping baby safe
      • Keeping baby safe
      • Travelling safely: Car seats
      • Babyproofing
      • Living in a smoke-free environment
      • Choosing toys
      • Preventing falls
      • Preventing drowning
      • Preventing suffocation and choking
      • Preventing burns
      • Preventing dog bites
      • Preventing poisoning
      • Protecting your baby from the sun
      • Protecting your baby from insect bites
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    • First aid
      • First aid
      • Bites
      • Scrapes and cuts
      • Small object in the nose
      • Nosebleeds
      • Oral and dental injuries
      • Bumps and blows to the head
      • Foreign object or chemical product in an eye
      • Poisoning and contact with hazardous products
      • Insect bites
      • Choking
      • Loss of consciousness
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  • Family
    • Family
    • Being a father
      • Being a father
      • Becoming a father
      • Importance of the father-child relationship
      • During the pregnancy
      • During delivery
      • After the birth
      • Feeding baby together
      • Working as a team with your partner
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    • Being a mother
      • Being a mother
      • Becoming a mother
      • Taking care of yourself
      • Trusting yourself
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    • Parenting together
      • Parenting together
      • Caring for your relationship
      • You don’t need to be perfect!
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    • Growing as a family
      • Growing as a family
      • New families, new situations
      • Reaction of older children
      • Grandparents
      • Twins
      • Being a parent of a baby who is different
      • Taking Baby for a walk
      • Family activities
      • Childcare and babysitting
      • Budgeting for Baby
      • Choosing clothes
      • Caring for clothes
      • First shoes
      • Help is available
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  • Useful information
    • Useful information
    • Becoming a parent: Government programs and services
      • Becoming a parent: Government programs and services
      • Parental leave and preventive withdrawal
      • Financial assistance — before birth
      • Childcare services in Québec
      • Financial assistance — at birth
      • Registering and choosing a name for your child
      • Financial assistance — after birth
      • Filiation and parental rights and obligations
      • Mon arbre à moi campaign
      • Adoption
      • Government of Canada programs and services
      • Services Québec
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    • Resources for parents
      • Resources for parents
      • Telephone help line resources
      • Associations, agencies and support groups
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Fetal position

During his first few weeks of life, your baby will often take up the same position he did in your belly. We call this the fetal position.

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  • Pregnancy
  • Delivery
  • Baby
    • Baby
    • The newborn
      • The newborn
      • Fetal position
      • Size and weight
      • Skin
      • Eyes
      • Head
      • Swollen breasts
      • Genitals
      • Spots
      • Sneezing
      • Hiccups
      • The need for warmth
      • Urine
      • Stools
      • Back
    • Talking with your baby
    • Sleep
    • Your child’s development
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  • Feeding your child
  • Health
  • Family
  • Useful information
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  • Electrical shock
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