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Second trimester

Week 22

About the size of a courgette

a courgette
a courgette

Length27.8 سم

Weight430 غ

An approximate shape inside the womb. It grows with the weeks. Not a medical image.

Baby

Eyebrows and lashes have appeared, and the baby can grasp with the hands.

Your body

You may feel light, painless tightenings called Braxton Hicks.

This week

Whooping cough vaccine: best between weeks 20 and 32.

Signs that should not wait

If you notice bleeding, severe tummy pain, a severe headache with blurred vision, or fluid from the vagina, call immediately.

Heavy bleeding, baby moving less or differently, severe headache with blurred vision, waters breaking, or severe tummy pain: go to the nearest maternity unit now.

Emergency
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