Week 15  ·  Second trimester

Week 15, gently.

A needle-felted wool an apple

Your baby is the size of

an apple

  • 10.1 cm long
  • 70 g

Your baby can hear now — muffled, but they hear your voice every day.

“They know your voice before they know anything else.”

What’s happening inside

Hearing is developing. The baby hears the whoosh of your blood, your heartbeat, and the muffled music of your voice. Bones are hardening.

A warm watercolor illustration of a 15-week fetus

How you might feel

You may notice glowing skin or, conversely, pregnancy acne. Hormones do uneven things. A quiet hour reading with a blanket is a kindness to yourself this week.

A warm watercolor illustration of week 15 of pregnancy