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General information for everyone. It is not a personal result and not a replacement for your doctor. This draft is waiting for Dr. Saja's sign-off.

Second trimester

Week 16

About the size of a prickly pear

a prickly pear
a prickly pear

Length11.6 سم

Weight100 غ

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

Baby

Face muscles are working, and you may start to feel movement between weeks 16 and 24.

Your body

You may feel a light flutter, especially in a later pregnancy.

This week

Follow-up visit: blood pressure and urine. Ask about the whooping cough vaccine.

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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