Trimester 2 · Week 17 of 40
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17 weeks pregnant

Your baby is the size of a pear

Length
5.1
13 cm
Weight
5.0 oz
Trimester
2

What's happening at 17 weeks

Baby is putting on fat now — the start of the chubbiness that's coming.

What your baby is doing

The skeleton is shifting from cartilage to bone. Baby's eyes can move side to side, even though eyelids are still sealed. They're hiccuping inside you.

What's happening to you

You might start feeling flutters this week, especially if this isn't your first. Hair and nails growing faster than usual.

On the heartbeat

Cudly captures more reliably this week. The trick is patience and slow, deliberate phone movement low across the bump.

Your journal prompt for week 17

When did you first really feel like this baby was yours?

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