Trimester 2

The start of your second trimester is the start of lots of new development milestones for your unborn child. Read more about this week.

Your little angel is about the size of a grapefruit! Have you felt her move or kick yet? If not, you should be able to in the next weeks! Read more about this exciting time.

If you could see inside yourself and watch your growing child finally fidgeting with his limbs, you might soon see him sucking his thumb in your tummy! Read more about this week.

Your little one now weighs more than 200g and is looking more and more like a “real” person every day. Read more about this week.

Lots of leaps and bounds happening in week 18, from nerve cells multiplying to the beginnings of fingerprints. Read more about this week.

Your little lodger weighs between 300 and 400 grams – weigh a grapefruit in your hand and that’s about how heavy your child is. Read more about this week.

There’s so much going on in your belly this week that you may want to take a little nap after reading about it! Read more about this week.

Though the foetus now weighs around half a kilo, your little darling still has plenty of room in your belly. And likes to use it when not asleep! Read more about this week.

If you could look inside, you may see your little angel sucking her thumb. It’s nature’s way of getting her ready to breastfeed from birth. Read more about this week.

A little ta-da moment for the final week of your second trimester – your darling-in-the-womb will open her eyes for the first time around now! Read more about this week.