Week by week / Third trimester
Week 39
Your baby is about the size of a mini watermelon. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A mini watermelon
50.7 cm / 20 in, 3288 g / 7 lb 4 oz
- Length
- 50.7 cm / 20 in
- Weight
- 3288 g / 7 lb 4 oz
- Trimester
- Third
- To go
- 1 weeks
The baby
Full term. The lungs are still adding surfactant and will keep doing so right up to birth. Skin is no longer see-through.
You
Nesting, or exhaustion, or both. Both are normal.
This week
Full term begins
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