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title: "32 weeks pregnant: baby the size of a napa cabbage | PERIOD."
description: "32 weeks pregnant: your baby is the size of a napa cabbage, about 42.4 cm and 1.9 kg. What happens this week for your baby and in your body."
url: https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/32-weeks-pregnant
lang: en
publisher: PERIOD. B.V., Amsterdam
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# 32 weeks pregnant

At 32 weeks you are in month 8 and the third trimester. Your baby is about the size of a napa cabbage: 42.4 cm and 1.9 kg.

As big as

napa cabbage

Length

42.4 cm

Weight

1.9 kg

Month

8

Trimester

third trimester

To go

56 days

Averages. Measured crown to rump up to week 20, crown to heel after that. Healthy babies vary a lot.

## Your baby this week

Sucking and swallowing are being practised for later.

## Your body

Your belly button may flatten or pop out. It's temporary.

## Good to know

Most babies turn head down around these weeks.

## To sort around these weeks

- Agree your leave start date with your employer.
- Write a birth plan and go through it with your midwife.

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## Frequently asked questions

### How many months is 32 weeks pregnant?

32 weeks pregnant falls in month 8 of your pregnancy.

### Which trimester is 32 weeks?

At 32 weeks you are in the third trimester.

### How big is a baby at 32 weeks?

On average 42.4 cm, about the size of a napa cabbage. Healthy babies vary a lot.

### How long to go at 32 weeks?

Until your due date (40 weeks): 8 weeks, 56 days.

## [All weeks](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy)

- [4](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/4-weeks-pregnant)
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- [6](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/6-weeks-pregnant)
- [7](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/7-weeks-pregnant)
- [8](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/8-weeks-pregnant)
- [9](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/9-weeks-pregnant)
- [10](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/10-weeks-pregnant)
- [11](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/11-weeks-pregnant)
- [12](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/12-weeks-pregnant)
- [13](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/13-weeks-pregnant)
- [14](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/14-weeks-pregnant)
- [15](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/15-weeks-pregnant)
- [16](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/16-weeks-pregnant)
- [17](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/17-weeks-pregnant)
- [18](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/18-weeks-pregnant)
- [19](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/19-weeks-pregnant)
- [20](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/20-weeks-pregnant)
- [21](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/21-weeks-pregnant)
- [22](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/22-weeks-pregnant)
- [23](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/23-weeks-pregnant)
- [24](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/24-weeks-pregnant)
- [25](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/25-weeks-pregnant)
- [26](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/26-weeks-pregnant)
- [27](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/27-weeks-pregnant)
- [28](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/28-weeks-pregnant)
- [29](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/29-weeks-pregnant)
- [30](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/30-weeks-pregnant)
- [31](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/31-weeks-pregnant)
- [32](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/32-weeks-pregnant)
- [33](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/33-weeks-pregnant)
- [34](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/34-weeks-pregnant)
- [35](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/35-weeks-pregnant)
- [36](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/36-weeks-pregnant)
- [37](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/37-weeks-pregnant)
- [38](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/38-weeks-pregnant)
- [39](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/39-weeks-pregnant)
- [40](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/40-weeks-pregnant)
- [41](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/41-weeks-pregnant)
- [42](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/42-weeks-pregnant)

General information, not medical advice. If in doubt, call your midwife or GP. Sources: WHO fetal growth charts (Kiserud et al., PLoS Med 2017); Robinson and Fleming 1975; NHS, Your pregnancy and baby guide.
