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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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