You are now in 39th week of your pregnancy and the fetal age is 38 weeks, 3 days.
In this pregnancy week ...- You are almost done; Baby is fully developed and is preparing for a big day to be born, the baby is anywhere from 17 inches to 22 inches long and weighs around 6½ to 9 pounds depending upon multiple factors such as parent’s genetics, baby's DNA, nutrition, age of mother, number of child born to mother before this pregnancy, etc.
- The average weight of different babies at the end of this week is about 7.25 pounds or 3288 grams and length is about 19.96 inches or 50.7 centimeter tall (measured Crown to Heel).
- Baby's brain is still laying down nerves and connections between them which will continue throughout its early childhood. Baby is also busy developing its lungs and making immune system stronger.
- Baby is practicing breathing and producing more surfactant. If your baby was to be born now their lungs would be mature enough to support them and they would ideally not need medical assistance.
- In final weeks of pregnancy, a regular health checkup of both mother and baby is necessary, and in some cases alternate day’s checkup may be required.
- Try to read to your baby while it is still in the womb, play music and sing to it and your baby is likely be more clever and smart as a result of this early stimulation.
First trimester starts on very first day of your last menstrual cycle on 05-Aug-2024 and ends on 28-Oct-2024
Second trimester is from 29-Oct-2024 to 10-Feb-2025
While Third trimester begins 11-Feb-2025 onwards.
Note: Information provided above is for general education only, growth of baby inside womb depends upon many factor and growth of your baby may differ slightly than indicated above, please seek medical advice whenever in doubt.
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