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Week 2

Your baby is not measurable yet. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.

Size right now

Too early to measure

Trimester
First
To go
38 weeks

The baby

Still nothing. An egg is maturing and the uterine lining is thickening.

You

Ovulation is at the end of this week on a 28 day cycle, later if your cycle runs long. This is the fertile window.

This week

If you are tracking, watch for the change in cervical mucus or use an ovulation test
Cut back on alcohol from here rather than from the positive test

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Averages, not targets. Babies vary a great deal and a scan that reads differently from this page is not a problem. Anything that worries you is a call to your midwife or doctor, not a search.