30 Weeks Pregnant: What's Happening and Where You'll Give Birth

Thirty weeks in, and the finish line has stopped feeling abstract. Ten weeks, give or take, is close enough that the bigger decisions start asking to be made.

At 30 weeks, your baby is roughly the size of a cabbage, around 39.9cm from head to heel, and the eyes can now focus.¹

How big is the baby at 30 weeks?

About 39.9cm head to heel, close to a cabbage.¹ The baby's eyes can now focus, one of the small sensory milestones of the final stretch.¹

What's common around 30 weeks

Trouble sleeping is common this far along. Between a growing bump and a body that won't quite settle, comfortable rest gets harder to come by.¹

Vivid or even disturbing dreams are another thing a lot of people notice in late pregnancy.¹ They can be strange and memorable, and they're something many parents describe in these weeks. A midwife or doctor is who to ask if anything about your pregnancy is weighing on you.

Prep this week: decide where you'll give birth

A good non-medical task for this week is settling on your birth location. Whether you tour a hospital or birth centre, or simply confirm the place you'd already leaned toward, having it decided removes a question that otherwise hangs around.

Knowing the route, the parking, the entrance you'll use, and roughly how long it takes to get there makes the actual day calmer. It's the kind of logistics that feels much better handled in advance.

While you're getting organised, nappi is worth setting up too. The profile you create, with the due date and your partner in the same household, becomes the baby's tracker on day one, so everything lives in one record from the start.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can the baby see at 30 weeks?

The baby's eyes can focus by 30 weeks.¹ Vision keeps developing right through to birth and beyond, but the focusing ability is one of the markers of this point.

Why am I having vivid dreams in late pregnancy?

Vivid or disturbing dreams are common in the later weeks.¹ Plenty of parents notice them around now. If anything about your pregnancy is troubling you, a midwife or doctor can help.