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Week 36

Support and information from NCT

NCT offers reliable support and information about the various stages of pregnancy, week by week.

Your developing baby

Your baby is about 46cm long and weighs about 2.5kg. Perfectly formed now, they will only grow a bit more, reaching about 50cm when you are due. However, they will put on up to 1kg over the next four weeks. 

Your baby can turn their head. They also have fully formed fingernails and may even scratch themselves.

Week 36

You've got that 'nesting' feeling!

You may start getting the urge to clean and prepare your home for your baby. It’s a sign you’ll be welcoming your new arrival soon. ‘Nesting’ is a much talked about symptom of pregnancy in the third trimester. 

It’s very common to have the overwhelming need to decorate your house, organise your wardrobe and clean everything in sight. If you’re feeling energetic, you could put your ‘nesting’ energy to good use and make some meals to put in the freezer. There’s unlikely to be much time for cooking in the early days after the baby is born. 

Feeding your baby

One of your most important roles as a new parent will be feeding your baby, but it’s also a learning curve. You'll probably have lots of questions about how to feed your baby. 

Whether you're planning to breastfeed, bottle feed or a combination of both, we have lots of useful information on our website.

Checklist

Have you found out what feeding support there is in your area?

Meet other mums at a Baby Café drop in.

Further information

NCT offers reliable support and information about the various stages of pregnancy, week by week. Our support line offers practical and emotional support with feeding your baby and general enquiries for parents, members and volunteers: 0300 330 0700.

We also offer antenatal courses which are a great way to find out more about birth, labour and life with a new baby.

Make friends with other parents-to-be and new parents in your local area for support and friendship by seeing what NCT activities are happening nearby.

 

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