Week by week / Third trimester
Week 31
Your baby is about the size of a coconut. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A coconut
41.1 cm / 16.2 in, 1502 g / 3 lb 5 oz
- Length
- 41.1 cm / 16.2 in
- Weight
- 1502 g / 3 lb 5 oz
- Trimester
- Third
- To go
- 9 weeks
The baby
All five senses are working. The baby turns toward light and reacts to your voice differently than to a stranger's.
You
Braxton Hicks get more noticeable. Colostrum may leak.
This week
Pack a first draft of the hospital bag, you can add to it later
Time a set of Braxton Hicks once so you know what irregular feels like
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