Week by week / Second trimester
Week 17
Your baby is about the size of a pear. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A pear
13 cm / 5.1 in, 140 g / 5 oz
- Length
- 13 cm / 5.1 in
- Weight
- 140 g / 5 oz
- Trimester
- Second
- To go
- 23 weeks
The baby
Fat starts to lay down under the skin. The umbilical cord is thickening. The skeleton is turning from cartilage to bone.
You
Round ligament pain: a sharp catch low down when you stand up quickly. Uncomfortable, not dangerous.
This week
Move slowly when you get up, the ligament pain responds to that more than anything
Start a pelvic floor habit, it matters more later than it seems now
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