Size = 13 1/2 in
Weight =1 1/2 pounds
When you are 25 weeks pregnant, your baby is starting to fatten up to become the butterball it will be when it is born! Although your baby's skin is still wrinkly during week 25 of pregnancy, the skin is now changing from translucent to a color more like your own skin.
Other fetal development that is occurring when you are 25 weeks pregnant includes the following:
- The structure of the spine begins to form
- Taste buds are forming
- If you are having a girl, the vagina has hollowed out
- The hands are fully developed -- fingerprints and all!
- The blood vessels of the lungs are developing
- The nostrils are beginning to open.
Get ready for pat-a-cake! Baby's hands are now fully developed and he spends most of his awake time groping around in the darkness of your uterus. Brain and nerve endings are developed enough now so that your baby can feel the sensation of touch. That doesn't mean he can feel it when his father pokes your stomach, however, so tell him to knock it off.
25 Weeks Pregnant
Odds of a Premature Baby's Survival by Length of Pregnancy
| Length of Pregnancy | Likelihood of Survival |
| 23 weeks | 17% |
| 24 weeks | 39% |
| 25 weeks | 50% |
| 26 weeks | 80% |
| 27 weeks | 90% |
| 28-31 weeks | 90-95% |
| 32-33 weeks | 95% |
| 34+ weeks | Almost as likely as a full-term baby |
| Sources: March of Dimes, Quint Boenker Preemie Survival Foundation | |
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