Week by week / Third trimester
Week 28
Your baby is about the size of an eggplant. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
An eggplant
37.6 cm / 14.8 in, 1005 g / 2 lb 3 oz
- Length
- 37.6 cm / 14.8 in
- Weight
- 1005 g / 2 lb 3 oz
- Trimester
- Third
- To go
- 12 weeks
The baby
One kilogram. Eyelashes are there. The baby dreams, as far as anyone can tell from the brain activity.
You
Third trimester. Appointments usually move to every two weeks.
This week
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Not because week 28 is a deadline, but because these are the things that go wrong when they arrive late.
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