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Week 15: 25 weeks to go!

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Welcome back to your pregnancy series. We hope you're keeping healthy!

Your baby's progress:

  • Your baby weighs about 70 grams.
  • He/she measures around 12.5cm.
  • Your baby may even start sucking his or her thumb.
  • The skin is so transparent that the blood vessels are visible.
  • Lanugo (fine, downy body hair) covers the body.

Your progress:

  • Your heart is pumping up to 20% more blood than usual.
  • Your uterus may begin to rise past your hipbones any time now. Your doctor will start to measure "fundal height" - the distance from the top of the uterus (fundus) to the pubic bone.
  • Your breasts are becoming progressively larger and heavier.
  • Skin pigmentation known as chloasma is likely to increase. Don't worry, it should fade after the birth.

What to do:

  • Buy a good supportive bra to alleviate the strain on your ligaments.
  • Discuss with your partner whether you want to know the sex of the baby.
  • Stay out of the sun to avoid or reduce pigmentation marks.

Good to know:

  • It’s perfectly safe to travel by plane in the first and second trimester, as long as there are no complications with your pregnancy.

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