Week 38 · Third trimester
Week 38, gently.
Your baby is the size of
a leek
- 49.8 cm long
- 3083 g
Your baby's first poop — meconium — is already forming in the intestines.
“Everything arriving is preparing to arrive.”
What’s happening inside
Meconium — the sticky first poop, made of ingested amniotic fluid and cells — is packed into the intestines, ready.
How you might feel
Pelvic pressure, occasional hot flashes, and wild bursts of energy alternating with exhaustion. Welcome to the last stretch.
