Week by week / Third trimester
Week 37
Your baby is about the size of a swiss chard. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A swiss chard
48.6 cm / 19.1 in, 2859 g / 6 lb 5 oz
- Length
- 48.6 cm / 19.1 in
- Weight
- 2859 g / 6 lb 5 oz
- Trimester
- Third
- To go
- 3 weeks
The baby
Early term. The baby is practising breathing, sucking and blinking, all in preparation for the outside.
You
Losing the mucus plug can happen from now. It can also happen weeks before anything else does.
This week
Learn the 5-1-1 rule: contractions five minutes apart, one minute long, for one hour
Ask what your practice wants you to call about, and at what point
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