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Third trimester
Week 28 of pregnancy
Your baby is the size of an aubergine and weighs about a kilo. The third trimester begins: the baby opens and closes its eyes and may dream.
Your baby is the size of an aubergine
- Length, head to heel
- ≈ 37.6 cm
- Weight
- ≈ 1 kg
Your baby this week
- The baby opens and closes its eyes, has eyelashes and can blink.
- It has phases of rapid eye movement sleep, when adults dream.
- Fat builds up under the skin and the body becomes rounder.
Your body this week
- Tiredness may come back as your body carries more weight.
- Get to know your baby’s pattern of movements. Every baby has its own, and it should carry on right up to the birth.
- You may get out of breath, have heartburn and wee more often.
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General information written by the mam.al editors. Every pregnancy is different and sizes are averages; it does not replace advice from your doctor or midwife. Sources include the NHS week-by-week guide to pregnancy. NHS. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.