Pregnancy Week by Week
Your baby grows from a poppy seed to a pumpkin in forty weeks. This timeline tracks every milestone — what your baby looks like, what is happening inside your body, and what to expect at each stage of your pregnancy.
Week by week
First Trimester (Weeks 1–12)
Second Trimester (Weeks 13–26)
Week 28 of Pregnancy: An Aubergine, and the Week Itching Started for Me
Week 28 opens the third trimester, when sleep often gets harder — for me, it also brought an itch I assumed was minor and nearly ignored.
Week 27 of Pregnancy: A Small Cabbage, and the Last Week of the Second Trimester
Week 27 closes out the second trimester — for us, it was the week preparing for the baby suddenly felt real, right down to Finland's famous baby box.
Week 26 of Pregnancy: A Lettuce, and the Week the Baby's Eyes Open
Week 26 brings a genuinely striking milestone — the baby's eyes opening for the first time — even in a week that otherwise felt entirely routine.
Week 25 of Pregnancy: A Cauliflower, and the Week My Husband First Tried to Feel It
Week 25 is often when a partner starts trying to feel movement from the outside — even though, for us, that actually took a few more weeks.
Week 24 of Pregnancy: An Ear of Corn, Viability, and My Gestational Diabetes Test
Week 24 is the viability milestone — and often when the gestational diabetes screening test happens, which is exactly what it was for me.
Week 23 of Pregnancy: A Grapefruit, and the Week I Noticed Movement After Sweet Food
Week 23 is when hearing is considered largely developed — though for us, it was a change in blood sugar, not sound, that clearly moved the baby.
Week 22 of Pregnancy: A Papaya, and a Genuinely Settled Week
Week 22 often brings little change worth reporting — a settled routine, steady movement, and lungs quietly starting to practise breathing.
Week 21 of Pregnancy: A Carrot, and the Week Movement Starts Having a Pattern
Week 21 is often when the baby's movements start becoming frequent enough to notice a rhythm, not just the occasional flutter.
Week 20 of Pregnancy: A Banana, Halfway There, and the Anomaly Scan
Week 20 is the halfway point and usually when the detailed anomaly scan happens — often the moment you find out if it's a boy or a girl.
Week 19 of Pregnancy: A Mango, and the Week Movement Starts Feeling Familiar
Week 19 often continues quietly from where week 18 left off — movement becomes a bit more familiar, even as it's still easy to second-guess.
Week 18 of Pregnancy: A Sweet Potato, and the Week I First Felt Movement
Week 18 is the classic window for quickening — the first time many women feel their baby move, often before anyone else can feel a thing.
Week 17 of Pregnancy: A Pear, and Often a Quiet Week Before Movement Begins
Week 17 is often unremarkable on the surface, even as the baby starts responding to sound and growing fingerprints that will stay unique for life.