40 Weeks Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten runs the larger Pregnancy Podcast, and this is her shorter companion show: one episode per gestational week, each about five minutes long, designed to be listened to in real time as your pregnancy progresses. You sync it to your due date and then every week you get a quick update on what the baby is doing, what your body is probably doing, what symptoms might show up, what to ask at your next appointment, and a small tip aimed specifically at the partner. That last piece is rarer than you'd think. Most pregnancy content is written for the pregnant person, and partners are left to figure out their role on their own. Merten treats them as part of the audience without making a big production of it. The show has been running since 2016, so the back catalog is stable and complete. If you want a longer deep dive on a specific topic like gestational diabetes or epidurals, she has those too on the main Pregnancy Podcast feed, but 40 Weeks is the one you tune into on a Tuesday morning when you just want to know what week twenty-two is supposed to feel like. It's short, practical, and easy to keep up with.