Week by week / Second trimester
Week 27
Your baby is about the size of a cauliflower. Here is what is happening, what you might feel, and the two or three things worth doing this week.
Size right now
A cauliflower
36.6 cm / 14.4 in, 875 g / 1 lb 15 oz
- Length
- 36.6 cm / 14.4 in
- Weight
- 875 g / 1 lb 15 oz
- Trimester
- Second
- To go
- 13 weeks
The baby
Last week of the second trimester. The baby hiccups regularly, and you will feel it as a rhythmic twitch.
You
Sleep gets harder from here. A pillow between the knees helps more than it sounds like it should.
This week
Tdap vaccine window opens, 27 to 36 weeks
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