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Week by week

Week 17

Second trimester

Your baby is the size of a Pear

13 cm
Length
140 g
Weight

This week at a glance

❤️Heartbeat~120–160 bpm
🧠Major developmentFat stores begin; skeleton hardens to bone

Your baby is starting to lay down fat stores, which help regulate body temperature after birth. The soft cartilage skeleton is hardening into bone, and the umbilical cord is growing stronger and thicker.

Nutrition

IronCalciumDHAFibre

Lean meat · Beans · Dairy · Oily fish · Whole grains

Tips

Do

Avoid