14 weeks pregnant

What happens at 14 weeks pregnant?

At 14 weeks a baby is around 8.5 cm long, from head to bottom, about the size of a ring doughnut. That is roughly 3 months, in the second trimester, with about 26 weeks to go until 40.

Published length

8.5 cm long, from head to bottom

In months

Roughly 3 months

Trimester

second · 26 weeks to go

What is developing at 14 weeks

The baby can squint, frown and grimace, and may start sucking a thumb. The neck is lengthening, so the head sits more upright instead of resting on the chest. The spleen has started producing red blood cells of its own.

The size comparison above is a ring doughnut, which measures 8.8 cm across. Every comparison on this site is a real object with a real measurement, checked against the published length. The same week is drawn in seven other sets below, from Australian animals to fast food, if this one means nothing to you.

14 weeks, in eight rulers

Every other pregnancy tool measures a baby in fruit. This one offers eight sets to choose from, and each object below carries its real measurement, checked against the 8.5 cm the NHS publishes for week 14. Pick whichever ruler you actually have a feel for. Why not fruit.

  • Sweet treats

    a ring doughnut

    8.8 cm across

  • Australian animals

    a feathertail glider, the smallest glider there is

    8 cm head and body

  • The 90s

    a Polaroid photo

    8.8 cm top to bottom

  • Sport

    a shuttlecock

    8.5 cm cork to feather tips

  • Things you already own

    a credit card

    8.6 cm along the long edge

  • Gaming

    a Nintendo DS stylus

    8.7 cm end to end

  • Fast food

    a hash brown

    9 cm end to end

  • Toys

    a Polly Pocket compact

    8 cm across

Your dates, from 14 weeks

Set to someone who is exactly 14 weeks today, so the due date below is the one that implies. Change the date to your own and everything follows from it — nothing is saved unless you do.

How far along am I?

Measure your baby in

The lolly aisle, scaled up week by week.

Do not know your due date yet? The due date calculator estimates one from your last period. A dating ultrasound is more accurate than any calendar method — if your pregnancy care team has given you a date, use theirs.

Questions about 14 weeks

How many months is 14 weeks pregnant?
14 weeks is roughly 3 months. Months are an awkward unit in pregnancy because they do not divide evenly into weeks — a calendar month averages about 4.3 weeks, which is why 40 weeks works out a little over nine months rather than ten. Appointments and scans are always booked in weeks, so weeks are the figure worth carrying.
How big is a baby at 14 weeks?
The NHS publishes around 8.5 cm long, from head to bottom for week 14. Rather than one fruit, that length is offered here against eight rulers, each object carrying its own measurement: a ring doughnut (8.8 cm across), a feathertail glider, the smallest glider there is (8 cm head and body), a Polaroid photo (8.8 cm top to bottom), a shuttlecock (8.5 cm cork to feather tips), and four more. Published lengths are averages across many babies, not a measurement of any particular one, and a scan estimate that differs is a normal thing rather than a finding.
What trimester is 14 weeks?
Week 14 is in the second trimester, on the commonly published split of weeks 1–12, 13–26 and 27 onward. The boundaries are conventions for talking about pregnancy rather than biological switches — nothing changes overnight at week 13 or week 27.

Where these numbers come from

Stop doing this maths in your head

Once the counting turns into feeds, sleeps and nappies, BubSync keeps that record shared across everyone caring for your baby.

Cream and peach BubSync graphic reading “Weeks pregnant calculator,” with text about counting weeks and days from a due date, a progress bar illustration and a note that sizes are compared to everyday objects.

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