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Second trimester
Week 25 of pregnancy
Your baby is the size of a cauliflower. It knows your voice, and its hair is growing in with its own colour.
Your baby is the size of a cauliflower
- Length, head to heel
- ≈ 34.6 cm
- Weight
- ≈ 660 g
Your baby this week
- The baby reacts to your voice and may settle or move when you speak.
- Hair grows and gains colour.
- The nostrils open, so the baby can practise "breathing" amniotic fluid.
Your body this week
- Your hair may feel thicker, because less of it falls out.
- You may feel numbness or tingling in your hands and fingers, as swelling presses on the nerves in your wrist.
- Heartburn and restless legs at night are common.
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General information written by the mam.al editors. Every pregnancy is different and sizes are averages; it does not replace advice from your doctor or midwife. Sources include the NHS week-by-week guide to pregnancy. NHS. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.