Week 31 · Third trimester
31 weeks pregnant
Black-eyed Susan
41.8 cm (16.5 in)head to heel
At about 41.1 cm from head to heel, your baby is close in length to a Black-eyed Susan (~40–45 cm), a golden daisy with a strong, dark center.
This week, inside
Your baby is active—moving, sucking fingers, and sometimes turning over. Fat continues to fill out the skin, and voices beyond the womb may be becoming familiar.
What you might be noticing
- Practice tightenings. brief, painless Braxton Hicks tightenings may come and go.
- Sleep and heat. sleep may be broken, and you may feel warmer.
- Digestion. indigestion, bloating, constipation, or piles may remain part of the week.
Small things that help
Let familiar voices fill an ordinary moment if that feels good—reading a grocery list counts. Keep your day flexible around energy rather than forcing energy around the plan.
For the record
Whose voice, laugh, or story has been nearby 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 31? 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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