Third Trimester
By the start of the third trimester, babies weigh around 2 1/4 pounds. They now can blink their eyes, which have developed lashes. Additionally, when they gain baby fat, their wrinkled skin begins to smooth out. Additionally, they’re growing fingernails, toenails, and genuine hair (or at the very least some peach fuzz), and their brain is growing billions of neurons. Your growing kid will spend the final weeks of his or her life in utero gaining weight. The average infant is almost 19 inches long and weighs about 7 pounds at full term.
You may notice frequent urination or leg cramps during the third trimester when nerves in your hips and back are compressed.
If you haven’t already, now is the time to enrol in birthing classes, select a paediatrician for your baby, and establish a baby registry.
Week – 28
Your baby’s vision is growing, and they may be able to detect light coming in from the outside. They are capable of blinking and have developed eyelashes.
Your infant is around the size of a medium eggplant.
Week – 29
Your baby’s muscles and lungs are preparing to operate in the outside world, while their skull grows to accommodate their developing brain.
Your newborn is around the size of butternut squash.
Week – 30
Your baby is surrounded by around a pint and a half of amniotic fluid, however, this amount may decrease as they develop and take up more room within your uterus.
Your infant is around the size of a medium cabbage.
Week – 31
Your infant’s head may now be turned side to side. Under their skin, a protective layer of fat accumulates, plumping up their arms and legs.
Your infant measures around the size of a coconut.
Week – 32
You’re probably gaining around one pound every week at this point. Half of it goes directly to your infant, who will gain between one-third and half of their birth weight over the next seven weeks as they adjust to life outside the womb.
Your infant is around the size of medium jicama.
Week – 33
Your infant’s skull bones have not yet joined. This enables them to move when their head enters the birth canal. They will not merge completely until they reach maturity.
Your infant is pineapple-sized.
Week – 34
The central nervous system, as well as the lungs, of your infant, are maturing. Babies born between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation who do not have any underlying health concerns often perform well in the long term.
Your infant is cantaloupe-sized.
Week – 35
It’s becoming increasingly constricted within your womb! The kidneys of your infant are fully grown, and their liver is capable of processing certain waste.
Your infant measures around the size of a honeydew melon.
Week – 36
Your baby is gaining around one ounce of weight every day. Additionally, they are shedding the majority of their lanugo hair, as well as the vernix caseosa, a waxy material that has been covering their skin until recently.
Your infant is around the size of a romaine lettuce head.
Week – 37
Your due date is rapidly approaching, and while your baby may appear to be a newborn, she is now regarded to be full term. Their lungs and brain continue to develop during the following two weeks. You are on the verge of going into labour at this very moment.
Your infant is around the size of a handful of Swiss chard.
Week – 38
Are you interested in the eye colour of your infant? Their irises are not fully pigmented, which means that if they are born with blue eyes, they may shift to a darker hue before they reach the age of roughly a year.
Your infant is no larger than a leek.
You are Full Term now!
Your infant will be deemed full-term when he or she reaches 39 weeks of gestation. You can see the mucus plug that has formed around your uterus and how squeezed your intestines have become in the illustration.
Week – 39
Although your baby’s physical development is complete, they are still gaining weight and increase in size.
Your infant is around the size of a small watermelon.
Week – 40
If you’re over your due date, you may not be as far behind as you believe, particularly if you estimated it simply based on the day of your last menstruation. Ovulation can occur later than expected in certain women.
Your physician will monitor your pregnancy regularly to ensure that it can be continued safely.
Your infant measures around the size of a tiny pumpkin.
Week – 41
Your kid is now considered to be in the late stages of development. Going more than two weeks over your due date puts both you and your baby at risk of difficulties, which is why your physician will likely discuss inducing labour with you. They may do a Fetal Non-Stress test to monitor your baby’s fetal heart rate and contractions to ensure that your baby is not in distress.
Finally Labour process and birth
It’s thrilling to see your kid for the first time – but the events leading up to that moment are unexpected, and it’s reasonable to get nervous. Happy Parenting!
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