Week by week / Second trimester
Week 25
Your baby is about the size of a rutabaga. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A rutabaga
34.6 cm / 13.6 in, 660 g / 1 lb 7 oz
- Length
- 34.6 cm / 13.6 in
- Weight
- 660 g / 1 lb 7 oz
- Trimester
- Second
- To go
- 15 weeks
The baby
Fat is filling out the wrinkled skin. Hair has colour and texture. The baby responds to your voice with movement.
You
Heartburn and constipation are at their most annoying around now.
This week
Eat earlier in the evening, it does more for heartburn than any remedy
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