40 Weeks Pregnant

At 40 weeks, your baby is about the size of a small pumpkin — roughly ~20.2 in, 7.6 lb. Size and growth vary between babies; your provider tracks your baby’s growth at prenatal visits.

40 weeks is roughly 9 months pregnant. Pregnancy is most precisely tracked in weeks (40 weeks total from your last period), since "months" don’t divide evenly into weeks.

In the third trimester, monitor your baby’s movements with daily kick counts, attend more frequent prenatal visits, pack your hospital bag by about 36 weeks, install the car seat, and learn the signs of labor. Report decreased movement, bleeding, or signs of preeclampsia to your provider promptly.

You’re at or past 40 weeks. Your provider will monitor you closely and discuss options if labor doesn’t begin on its own. Most providers don’t let a pregnancy continue much past 42 weeks.