Pregnancy Checklist: Your Third Trimester To-Dos
You’re in the home stretch! Baby’s arrival is around the corner—which means it’s time to wrap up the last of your pregnancy checklist to-dos. Here’s what you’ll want to tackle before it’s go time.
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Start fetal kick counts
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Create a birth plan
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Round out your pregnancy wardrobe with third trimester clothes, or rent some
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Enjoy your baby shower event!
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Send baby shower thank you notes for gifts (start one week after your shower)
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Take a childbirth class and a breastfeeding class, if you so choose
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If you want to bank baby’s cord blood, figure out where and order your kit
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Cook and freeze meals to have on hand after delivery
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Go to your doctor’s visits (two this month)
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Buy any baby items you still need
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Prepare a baby first aid kit
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Finish painting and designing the nursery
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Install baby’s car seat and get it inspected
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Find out what screening tests your hospital routinely gives newborns and talk to your doctor about any additional tests you’d like to run
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Go to your doctor’s visits (two this month)
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Do your Group B strep test (week 35-37)
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Wash baby’s clothes with newborn laundry detergent
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Go to your doctor’s visits (weekly until delivery)
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If needed, take a non-stress test
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If needed, do a biophysical profile
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