Week 34
At about 45.0 cm from head to heel, your baby is close in length to a Snapdragon (~45 cm), an architectural row of blooms climbing one stem.
This week at a glance
Size
About 45 cm (17.7 in), head to heel.
The flower
Snapdragon (~45 cm) — this week’s plate, drawn at your baby’s scale.
How big is the baby at 34 weeks?
About 45 cm (17.7 in), measured head to heel — the size of a snapdragon.1
Your baby is curled inside the uterus with legs bent toward the chest. Space is tighter, but shifting movement and changes in the shape of the bump can still happen.
34 weeks pregnant is how many months?
Week 34 falls in the eighth month of pregnancy. Weeks and months don’t divide evenly, and your antenatal care counts in weeks — so Zohra keeps weeks, and prints the month for the relatives who ask.
That puts you in the third trimester (weeks 28–40).
What might you be noticing?
Colostrum may appear. breasts can leak small amounts of yellowish early milk, whether or not breastfeeding becomes part of your feeding plan.
Sleep and back. sleeping problems and backache can continue.
Practice tightenings. painless Braxton Hicks tightenings may come and go.
Sourced below.1
Choose clothing and layers by comfort, not expectation. Put a towel or washable pad where it would make breast leakage feel less disruptive, whatever feeding path you plan.
For the record: What part of your body’s work surprised you this week? — this week’s page in the app asks the same thing. All forty prompts are here.
Written from the sources above and checked against them. Not reviewed by a clinician — see the editorial policy. Zohra is a journal, not medical care; for anything worrying, talk to your midwife or doctor.