Trimester 3
Week 40
About the size of
a pumpkin
~51.2 cm~3462 g
Averages only: a scan is the only way to know your baby’s size.
Your baby this week
Your due date. Only about one in twenty babies arrives on it: anywhere from 37 to 42 weeks is normal.
What you may feel
Everyone is asking. That is genuinely the most tiring symptom of week 40.
This week, try
Keep monitoring movement daily. A due date passing changes nothing about how closely you watch.
Weeks are counted from the first day of your last period, as your care team counts them. Written by The Childhood Journal’s team from standard prenatal references. Not yet reviewed by a clinician: our scientific board is being formed. General information, never an assessment of your pregnancy.