Trimester 3 · Week 38 of 40
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38 weeks pregnant
Your baby is the size of a leek
Length
19.6″
49.8 cm
Weight
108.4 oz
Trimester
3
What's happening at 38 weeks
Baby's brain and nervous system are still developing — and will continue long after birth.
What your baby is doing
Lanugo (the fine body hair) has mostly shed. Vernix is thinning. Baby's eyes are blue, gray, or brown — and may change in the first year.
What's happening to you
Pelvic pressure intense as baby drops. Possible bloody show. You may feel weirdly calm, or weirdly weepy. Both are normal.
On the heartbeat
Capture a recording labeled "38 weeks" — soon you'll be holding the source of this sound instead of pressing a phone against it.
Your journal prompt for week 38
“What's the last thing you want to do as a not-yet-mom (or not-yet-parent-of-this-baby)?”
Write it in CudlyStart your pregnancy story today.
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