What is changing this week
The third trimester begins; eyes may open and close and the nervous system matures.
- Use week 28 as a conversation anchor, not a diagnosis of exact fetal age.
- Keep your clinician's due-date estimate and care plan as the source of truth.
- Save medication, symptom, screening, and exposure questions for the next visit or call.
What to ask your care team
This is a clinical-plus-home-prep week.
- Ask which parts of third trimester begins matter for your personal history.
- Ask when the next visit, lab, vaccine, screen, or ultrasound is expected.
- Ask which symptoms should trigger a same-day call for your practice.
When not to wait
Educational reads cannot triage urgent symptoms. Niva keeps warning-sign language conservative so you can escalate when something feels wrong.
- Call your care team for severe pain, heavy bleeding, fainting, trouble breathing, severe headache, or symptoms they told you to report.
- In late pregnancy, ask promptly about decreased fetal movement, fluid leakage, or regular contractions before your care team expects them.
- Use emergency services if symptoms feel severe, sudden, or unsafe.
