How your baby is growing this week
Rutabaga size — 13.6 inches, 1.5 lbs. Adding baby fat rapidly — skin becoming less wrinkled. Hair growing and developing color. Nostrils opening and practicing breathing movements with amniotic fluid.
What your partner is going through
Hemorrhoids and constipation are common — pressure from the growing uterus on rectal veins plus progesterone slowing digestion. Sleep is increasingly difficult. Rib pain from baby pressing upward.
What to focus on this week, dad
- 01Fiber Ops: prioritize high-fiber meals and plenty of water. Buy Tucks pads and witch hazel — put them in the bathroom without commentary. Do not ask, just do it
- 02Get your own Tdap booster (whooping cough) now, and have grandparents and any regular caregivers do the same — ideally at least two weeks before they meet the baby. Her dose comes later, at the Week-28 visit