Week 28 · Third trimester
28 weeks pregnant
Iceland poppy
37.6 cm (14.8 in)head to heel
At about 37.6 cm from head to heel, your baby is close in length to an Iceland poppy (~38 cm)—the whole coral or peach flower now, not a seed.
This week, inside
This is the beginning of the third trimester. Your baby’s heart continues its work in a small, growing body; Zora never computes or interprets heartbeat recordings or BPM.
What you might be noticing
- Digestion and space. heartburn and indigestion may increase as the baby grows and hormones affect digestion.
- Back and joints. extra weight can strain the back, while joints and ligaments are looser.
- Nose and sleep. nosebleeds and sleeping problems can occur.
Small things that help
Choose one place for birth, newborn, and appointment notes so they do not scatter. If preparing a sleep space or supply corner feels right, begin with one small surface.
For the record
What does entering this final chapter bring up for you—without asking the feeling to be simple?
Zohra asks one of these every week, and keeps your answer. A year from now it is the part people say they are most glad they wrote down.
Where this came from
Not sure you are at week 28? Work out your due date — or see every week’s size on one chart, and the rest of the third trimester.
Keep this week
Zohra draws this same flower in the app, at this same size, and keeps what you write beside it — with your bump photos, the letters, and the sounds from your appointments.
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