Week by week / Second trimester
Week 22
Your baby is about the size of a spaghetti squash. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A spaghetti squash
27.8 cm / 10.9 in, 430 g / 15 oz
- Length
- 27.8 cm / 10.9 in
- Weight
- 430 g / 15 oz
- Trimester
- Second
- To go
- 18 weeks
The baby
Looks like a miniature newborn now, just thin and red. Lips and eyebrows are distinct. Grip is developing.
You
Stretch marks may appear on the belly, breasts and thighs. Nothing prevents them reliably, whatever the jar says.
This week
Worth ordering now
Not because week 22 is a deadline, but because these are the things that go wrong when they arrive late.
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