Week by week / Second trimester
Week 14
Your baby is about the size of a peach. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A peach
8.7 cm / 3.4 in, 43 g / 2 oz
- Length
- 8.7 cm / 3.4 in
- Weight
- 43 g / 2 oz
- Trimester
- Second
- To go
- 26 weeks
The baby
Facial muscles work, so the baby squints, frowns and grimaces. Lanugo, a fine downy hair, covers the body for warmth.
You
Second trimester. Appetite returns, often forcefully.
This week
Buy a couple of properly fitting bras, size has already changed
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