Short answers
The questions families actually ask, written so a person — or an answer engine — can quote them without inventing a clinic.
How long is a pregnancy?
A pregnancy is counted as 40 weeks from the first day of the last menstrual period, about 38 weeks from conception. The due date is the middle of a range. Many births, especially first births, happen in the two weeks before or after that day.
When should I call a clinician the same day?
Call the same day for heavy bleeding, a severe headache, visual change, sudden swelling of the face or hands, fever, fluid leaking or gushing, pain that will not ease, or a lasting drop in the baby’s movement. If you cannot reach your clinic, use local emergency care. Do not wait for morning.
What is a due date, really?
A due date estimates 40 weeks from the last period, sometimes shifted if your cycle is not 28 days, and often corrected by an early ultrasound. It is a planning mark. It is not the day the body is required to go into labour.
When do movements start, and when is quiet a worry?
Flutters are often felt between 16 and 22 weeks, later if the placenta sits at the front. From about 28 weeks, learn the pattern you know. A clear, lasting reduction is a reason to call the same day, including at night. A kick count to ten is one common method, not the only one.
How should a newborn sleep?
On the back, on a firm flat surface, with no pillow, loose blanket, bumper, or positioner. Room-sharing for about the first six months, not bed-sharing, is the widely published recommendation. Every sleep, including naps.
What should a baby eat in the first six months?
The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for about the first six months, with formula as a complete alternative when breast milk is not the plan. Water, tea, and solids are not needed before readiness, usually near six months. Wet nappies and weight checks tell you intake better than the clock.
How long does postpartum recovery take?
Bleeding can last several weeks and should trend lighter, not soak a pad every hour. Tears and a cesarean heal on different clocks. Mood that feels dark, hopeless, or unsafe needs a clinician the same day. Rest is treatment, not a luxury.
Is Ninnia medical advice?
No. Ninnia is general information in thirty languages. It does not know your history, your scan, or your hospital’s protocol. Decisions about medicine, birth, and a sick baby belong to a midwife or a doctor who can examine you.
Sizes and dates are averages. Feeding and sleep notes follow widely published public-health guidance, including World Health Organization infant-feeding advice and back-to-sleep recommendations. They are not a protocol for your hospital.