You have reached the seventeenth week of pregnancy.

Between emotional moments and advice requested from friends who are already mothers, your questions will undoubtedly be many.

I have tried to summarize the main answers in this article.

I'll leave you with a tiny spoiler: your baby, at this time, is more or less the size of an orange .

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The seventeenth week of pregnancy falls in both the fourth , which goes from 13+2 to 17+4, and the fifth month (from 17+5 to 21+6).

Around the seventeenth week of pregnancy, your baby is approximately 11 to 12 cm long .

Its weight, however, is around 100 grams.

I would like to point out, as always, that these are general values ​​and that you absolutely must not focus only on the numbers.

By the end of this week, your baby's face will be fully formed.

Another important change concerns the formation of deciduous teeth within the gums.

The limbs continue their lengthening process and, day after day, the head and body become more and more proportionate.

With his little hands still closed in fists, your puppy is able to perceive smells, tastes and noises.