Week by week / Third trimester
Week 32
Your baby is about the size of a jicama. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A jicama
42.4 cm / 16.7 in, 1702 g / 3 lb 12 oz
- Length
- 42.4 cm / 16.7 in
- Weight
- 1702 g / 3 lb 12 oz
- Trimester
- Third
- To go
- 8 weeks
The baby
Most babies have turned head down by now, though there is still time. Lanugo starts to shed.
You
Appointments may move to weekly soon. Swelling in the feet and hands is common.
This week
Worth ordering now
Not because week 32 is a deadline, but because these are the things that go wrong when they arrive late.
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