Week by week / Second trimester
Week 18
Your baby is about the size of a bell pepper. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A bell pepper
14.2 cm / 5.6 in, 190 g / 7 oz
- Length
- 14.2 cm / 5.6 in
- Weight
- 190 g / 7 oz
- Trimester
- Second
- To go
- 22 weeks
The baby
Myelin begins to coat the nerves. The ears are in their final position. If the baby is a girl, the uterus and fallopian tubes are formed.
You
Dizziness on standing is common now, blood pressure runs lower in the middle of pregnancy.
This week
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