Week 34

What’s happening this week

Your baby…

• is about the length of a large loaf of bread
• may weigh about 2kg
• may measure about 46cm top to toe
• able to survive outside the womb without extensive medical treatment
• vernix coating on the skin is becoming thicker whereas the lanugo hair is almost completely gone

You…

• placenta is nearly 4 times as thick as it was 20 weeks ago and weighs about 570 grams
• virtually the entire uterus is now occupied by the baby and its activity is becoming more restricted.