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

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