Baby's third trimester

The growth spurt is well and truly on during baby's third trimester and she will grow from just under 1 kg up to her birth weight of between 3-4 kg over this period. All her organs will progress to complete maturity, her eyes will be open when she's awake and she may have even scratched herself with her lovely long fingernails!

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  Up to 30 Weeks

  Your baby's now so big that when a doctor or midwife examines you she can check his position and the way he's lying. This is the last month he can turn a somersault.
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  Up to 34 weeks

  Thirty-four weeks after your last period, your baby is perfectly formed. All her proportions are exactly as you'd expect them to be at birth. She still has some maturing to do, though, and some more weight to gain before she's ready to be born.
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  Up to 40 weeks

  Most women have their fertile time about 14 days after the first day of their menstrual period. Because of this doctors set an artificial, but convenient, timescale of 40 weeks, calculated from the date of your last menstrual period (see How the EDD chart works). A baby actually reaches “full...
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