Week 40 · Third trimester
Week 40, gently.
Your baby is the size of
a small pumpkin
- 51.2 cm long
- 3462 g
The due date is a best guess — only about 4% of babies arrive exactly on it.
“Forty weeks is not a deadline. It is a doorway.”
What’s happening inside
The due date. Only about 4 percent of babies arrive on it. Most arrive within two weeks either side.
How you might feel
You made it. You're on the due date, or nearly. Whatever happens now, you did the work of getting here.
