Week by week / Third trimester
Week 29
Your baby is about the size of a butternut squash. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A butternut squash
38.6 cm / 15.2 in, 1153 g / 2 lb 9 oz
- Length
- 38.6 cm / 15.2 in
- Weight
- 1153 g / 2 lb 9 oz
- Trimester
- Third
- To go
- 11 weeks
The baby
Bones are fully developed but soft, and they are absorbing a lot of calcium from you.
You
Shortness of breath, because there is less room for your lungs. It is not a sign of anything wrong.
This week
Increase calcium and iron intake, the demand is highest now
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