Second trimester
By the second trimester, your baby is well under way. Hereโs everything you need to know about the second stage of your pregnancy and whatโs happening to you and your bub.
Your pregnancy - weeks 13 to 16
Your pregnancy - weeks 17 to 20
Your pregnancy - weeks 21 to 24
Your pregnancy - weeks 25 to 28
your baby's progress - sencond trimester
Want to keep track of what's going on with you and your baby? Try this helpful week-by-week guide to pregnancy so you know exactly what to expect and when.
Your baby's progress - Week 13
Babyโs head is still whopping and large in comparison to her growing body, but her nose and chin are now well-defined and bones like the ribs are... more
Your baby's progress - Week 14
Your little womb tenant is now around the size of a lemon and could well be making his own sour facial expressions - baby is now capable of... more
Your baby's progress - Week 15
Aw โ so cute! So, umm, hairy. Baby is now covered in fine hair called lanugo and will be sprouting thicker hair on her head and eyebrows over the... more
Your baby's progress - Week 16
Baby is now around the size of an avocado and itโs time to get ready for him to go through his first huge growth spurt. more
Your baby's progress - Week 17
Now around 16cm or so in length, your baby continues to grow and her four-chamber heart is now pumping as much as 24 litres of blood a day through... more
Your baby's progress - Week 18
From now on, you need to be attuned to feeling your baby somersaulting around your tummy. more
Your baby's progress - Week 19
Baby is now around 15cm and is having a nice old time sloshing around your belly. more
Your baby's progress - Week 20
Congratulate yourself โ you and baby are now 20 weeks into the pregnancy and at the half-way point. more
Your baby's progress - Week 21
Has baby given you a good kick yet? His nervous and muscular systems are finally developed enough to kick out his legs and stretch. more
Your baby's progress - Week 22
You baby could be as long as 25cm by now and her tiny fingernails will be fully formed and starting to grow. more
Your baby's progress - Week 23
Your sweet babe is starting to look a little like a red wrinkle bag right now as more and more skin grows, creating wrinkles that are yet to be... more
Your baby's progress - Week 24
Now weighing around half a kilo and around 30cm from head to toe, baby is receiving oxygen through the placenta and her lungs are maturing to start... more
Your baby's progress - Week 25
Does it feel like baby is punching you from inside your belly? more
Your baby's progress - Week 26
At long last your little baby could be opening her fused eyelids and taking a look around the womb. more
Your baby's progress - Week 27
Baby is becoming plumper as fat deposits under his skin and he is possibly weighing up to 1kg. more
Your baby's progress - Week 28
Your little womb-tenant will be making her presence well and truly obvious by now, and things are starting to get cramped enough in your belly to... more