Week by week / Third trimester
Week 36
Your baby is about the size of a romaine lettuce. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A romaine lettuce
47.4 cm / 18.7 in, 2622 g / 5 lb 12 oz
- Length
- 47.4 cm / 18.7 in
- Weight
- 2622 g / 5 lb 12 oz
- Trimester
- Third
- To go
- 4 weeks
The baby
Gaining roughly 30g a day. Most of the lanugo and vernix has gone.
You
Group B strep swab is done at 36 to 37 weeks. Appointments are usually weekly now.
This week
Worth ordering now
Not because week 36 is a deadline, but because these are the things that go wrong when they arrive late.
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