{"id":5137,"date":"2020-06-15T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/?p=5137"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:45:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:15:36","slug":"3rd-trimester-weeks-development-physical-psychological-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/3rd-trimester-weeks-development-physical-psychological-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Trimester &#8211; Weeks, Development, Physical &amp; Psychological Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3rd-trimester-image-1024x452.png\" alt=\"3rd-trimester-image\" width=\"950\" height=\"419\" \/><strong>Third trimester (28 to 40 Weeks)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The third trimester in pregnancy is the final stage of pregnancy.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pregnency-2.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pregnency-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pregnency-2-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pregnency-2-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pregnency-2-950x734.jpg 950w\" alt=\"Pregnancy trimester\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fetal Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most of the organs and body systems are fully formed during the third trimester of pregnancy. However, the fetus continues to grow and mature. Fetus may also suck its thumb and cry. By the time of delivery, the head may turn downward, but that may vary from case to case. The lungs at the beginning of the trimester are not fully developed, but by the time of delivery, the lungs are developed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3rd-trimester-image-icon.png\" alt=\"3rd-trimester-image-icon\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Physical Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of the physical symptoms during this period include shortness of breath, hemorrhoids, urinary incontinence, varicose veins, and sleeping problems. Many of these third-trimester symptoms arise from the increase in the size of the uterus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3rd-trimester-Symptoms-Physical-Changes.png\" alt=\"3rd-trimester-Symptoms-Physical-Changes\" width=\"645\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Psychological Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The onset of the third trimester in pregnancy may often mark with mild forgetfulness. As the due date approaches,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/how-to-overcome-anxiety\/\">anxiety<\/a>\u00a0may increase about the childbirth and the arrival of the baby. In the third trimester, some women may feel enthusiastic and positive about childbirth while others may feel irritable which is a common symptom. Feelings of fatigue and discomfort is common amongst many women.<\/p>\n<p>During\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/different-tests-recommended-during-pregnancy\/\">different trimesters of pregnancy<\/a>, the changes, symptoms may vary in each woman. It is important that expecting mothers are regularly consulting gynecologists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third trimester (28 to 40 Weeks) The third trimester in pregnancy is the final stage of pregnancy. Fetal Development Most of the organs and body systems are fully formed during the third trimester of pregnancy. However, the fetus continues to grow and mature. Fetus may also suck its thumb and cry. By the time of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1046],"tags":[710,1315,130,683,134,901],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9414,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137\/revisions\/9414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalpathlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}