Best Sleeping Positions in the Third Trimester
Learn why side sleeping is recommended after 28 weeks, whether the left or right side is better, and what to do if you wake on your back.
Practical guidance for weeks 28 to 40, including sleep, symptoms, and birth preparation.
Learn why side sleeping is recommended after 28 weeks, whether the left or right side is better, and what to do if you wake on your back.
Learn why cholestasis causes itching, how bile acids are tested and repeated, what treatment can do, and how fetal monitoring and birth timing are planned.
Learn when GBS screening is done, what a positive swab or urine result means, how labor antibiotics work, and how newborns are observed.
The third trimester usually starts at 28 weeks 0 days. Learn why sources differ, what changes before birth, and which tests and warning signs matter.