Third trimester · roughly month 7 · about 10 weeks to go

30 weeks pregnant

Everything Hello Belly has for week 30 — how your baby is developing, what your body is doing, and the small things that are easier to know in advance.

Your baby at 30 weeks

29–30 weeks

"Mommy, I can take care of myself!" — every new achievement of your crumb really screams about it. He already has an immune system and thermoregulation, a layer of fat has increased, that’s why he began to get rid of his "coat" actively — lanugo (he’s not afraid of cold anymore). By the way, now your little one can do what is hardly possible for you: he "breathes" the amniotic fluid not only with his mouth but also with his nose (mucous plugs have disappeared from the nostrils).

The baby has already become quite large for your uterus, so the somersaults have become much calmer, or even stopped altogether. Now, sharp jerks and flips of the child are more likely to indicate that he is not very well. However, the restriction of mobility opened up to him a whole new world of expressing feelings through facial expressions: he blinks, frowns, squints, smiles, yawns. He also sees quite well, reacts to bright light, frowns, turns away. Therefore, avoid too bright places, do not create extra stress for the baby.

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Grow up and undress!
Every day the baby gets bigger and smarter. Now that she has fat cells that protect her from the cold, she throws off a light fluff (called lanugo, remember?) that has covered her body all this time.
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