Week 29 · Third trimester
29 weeks pregnant
Cosmos
39.2 cm (15.4 in)head to heel
At about 38.6 cm from head to heel, your baby is close in length to a Cosmos (~40 cm), an open bloom balanced lightly on its stem.
This week, inside
Your baby’s body is formed, with the next weeks devoted to organ maturation and gaining fat. The protective vernix on the skin begins to diminish around this time.
What you might be noticing
- Balance changing. a shifting center of gravity can make movement feel less coordinated.
- Sleep and warmth. sleeping problems and feeling hot may continue.
- Digestion. heartburn, bloating, constipation, or piles may still be present.
Small things that help
Give yourself more time for stairs, doorways, and transitions. Place often-used objects between knee and shoulder height, and accept help without needing to earn it.
For the record
What ordinary kindness made more room for you this week?
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 29? 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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