Week 25  ·  Second trimester

Week 25, gently.

A needle-felted wool a cauliflower

Your baby is the size of

a cauliflower

  • 34.6 cm long
  • 660 g

Hair is growing — and now has a color.

“Hair with a color no one has seen yet.”

What’s happening inside

Hair on the scalp has color and texture. The baby's skin is wrinkled (fat will fill this in later) and pink from developing capillaries.

A warm watercolor illustration of a 25-week fetus

How you might feel

Braxton Hicks contractions — irregular, painless tightenings — may begin. They are not labor; they are your uterus practicing.

A warm watercolor illustration of week 25 of pregnancy