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.

Pregnancy Checklist for Weeks 28-32

• Babyproof the house
• Start fetal kick counts
• Create a birth plan
• Round out your pregnancy wardrobe with third trimester clothes, or rent some
• Enjoy your baby shower event!
• Send baby shower thank you notes for gifts (start one week after your shower)
• Take a childbirth class and a breastfeeding class, if you so choose
• If you want to bank baby’s cord blood, figure out where and order your kit
• Cook and freeze meals to have on hand after delivery
• Go to your doctor’s visits (two this month)

Pregnancy Checklist for Weeks 32-36

• Buy any baby items you still need
• Prepare a baby first aid kit
• Finish painting and designing the nursery
• Install baby’s car seat and get it inspected
• Pack your hospital bag
• Find out what screening tests your hospital routinely gives newborns and talk to your doctor about any additional tests you’d like to run
• Go to your doctor’s visits (two this month)
• Do your Group B strep test (week 35-37)

Pregnancy Checklist for Weeks 36 Through Delivery

• Wash baby’s clothes with newborn laundry detergent
• Go to your doctor’s visits (weekly until delivery)
• If needed, take a non-stress test
• If needed, do a biophysical profile