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The second trimester of your pregnancy is from week 13 to week 28 – roughly months four, five and six. As well as feeling and looking more pregnant during these weeks, you may also have more energy than you did in the first trimester.
During the second trimester of pregnancy, you might experience physical changes, including: Growing belly and breasts. As your uterus expands to make room for the baby, your belly grows. Your breasts will also gradually continue to increase in size.
What Happens at 2 Months of Pregnancy? 8 Weeks Pregnant.
26 weeks along is about 6 months pregnant.
Your Body at 13 Weeks Pregnant For some women, the 13 – week stage is when you might start to see the beginnings of a baby bump. It’s normal to start showing anywhere between 12 to 16 weeks, however, other women might not have a bump until well into their second trimester.
The third trimester means you’re in the home stretch—for a lot of pregnant women though, it’s also the longest trimester. And many attribute that to an ever-growing belly and how physically hard your third trimester can be.
The first trimester is the most crucial to your baby’s development. During this period, your baby’s body structure and organ systems develop. Most miscarriages and birth defects occur during this period.
At four months pregnant, you could be launching into week 13 or week 14 and finishing the month at week 16 or 17, depending on how you’re grouping the weeks into months. The second trimester usually extends through month seven of pregnancy.
A person should avoid the following foods throughout their pregnancy: raw meat. raw eggs. raw fish. fish with high levels of mercury, including swordfish, shark, tilefish, and king mackerel. unpasteurized dairy products. soft cheeses, such as Brie, blue cheese, and feta. ready-to- eat meats and seafood.
You’ll likely notice the first signs of a bump early in the second trimester, between weeks 12 and 16. You might start showing closer to 12 weeks if you are a person of lower weight with a smaller midsection, and closer to 16 weeks if you’re a person with more weight.
At 2 months, baby is about the size of a raspberry. They still look a lot like an alien, but some human features are starting to develop: eyes, a nose, a mouth, and ears are growing on the outside, while important body systems — like the respiratory organs and nerves — are rapidly growing on the inside.
The risk for neonatal complications is lowest in uncomplicated pregnancies delivered between 39 and 41 weeks. To give your baby the healthiest start possible, it’s important to remain patient. Elected labor inductions before week 39 can pose short- and long-term health risks for the baby.
The sixth month ( weeks 21-24) -begins 20 weeks after the start of your last period. At the end of the month there are still 16 weeks until the birth (3 months, 2 days). At the beginning of the month the fetus is 18 weeks old and at the end of the month, 22 weeks old.
At 26 weeks pregnant, your baby’s eyes have fully developed, and they’re even sporting newly visible eyebrows and eyelashes to accompany them. Meanwhile, your body may be showing more evidence of all that growth and development in the form of stretching skin and possibly some new stretch marks.
The weeks of pregnancy don’t fit neatly into months, so seven months can begin between 25 weeks and 27 weeks pregnant and extend up to week 28 through 31.