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title: "23 weeks pregnant: baby the size of a mango | PERIOD."
description: "23 weeks pregnant: your baby is the size of a mango, about 30.1 cm and 565 g. What happens this week for your baby and in your body."
url: https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/23-weeks-pregnant
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publisher: PERIOD. B.V., Amsterdam
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# 23 weeks pregnant

At 23 weeks you are in month 6 and the second trimester. Your baby is about the size of a mango: 30.1 cm and 565 g.

As big as

mango

Length

30.1 cm

Weight

565 g

Month

6

Trimester

second trimester

To go

119 days

Averages. Measured crown to rump up to week 20, crown to heel after that. Healthy babies vary a lot.

## Your baby this week

Hearing sharpens; a loud sound can trigger a little kick.

## Your body

You're getting better at recognising the baby's own pattern.

## Good to know

The lungs start making the substance that lets them open later.

## To sort around these weeks

- Find out how maternity leave and pay work for you and your employer.
- Start thinking about antenatal classes and who will support you after the birth.

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## Frequently asked questions

### How many months is 23 weeks pregnant?

23 weeks pregnant falls in month 6 of your pregnancy.

### Which trimester is 23 weeks?

At 23 weeks you are in the second trimester.

### How big is a baby at 23 weeks?

On average 30.1 cm, about the size of a mango. Healthy babies vary a lot.

### How long to go at 23 weeks?

Until your due date (40 weeks): 17 weeks, 119 days.

## [All weeks](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy)

- [4](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/4-weeks-pregnant)
- [5](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/5-weeks-pregnant)
- [6](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/6-weeks-pregnant)
- [7](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/7-weeks-pregnant)
- [8](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/8-weeks-pregnant)
- [9](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/9-weeks-pregnant)
- [10](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/10-weeks-pregnant)
- [11](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/11-weeks-pregnant)
- [12](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/12-weeks-pregnant)
- [13](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/13-weeks-pregnant)
- [14](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/14-weeks-pregnant)
- [15](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/15-weeks-pregnant)
- [16](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/16-weeks-pregnant)
- [17](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/17-weeks-pregnant)
- [18](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/18-weeks-pregnant)
- [19](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/19-weeks-pregnant)
- [20](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/20-weeks-pregnant)
- [21](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/21-weeks-pregnant)
- [22](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/22-weeks-pregnant)
- [23](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/23-weeks-pregnant)
- [24](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/24-weeks-pregnant)
- [25](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/25-weeks-pregnant)
- [26](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/26-weeks-pregnant)
- [27](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/27-weeks-pregnant)
- [28](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/28-weeks-pregnant)
- [29](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/29-weeks-pregnant)
- [30](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/30-weeks-pregnant)
- [31](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/31-weeks-pregnant)
- [32](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/32-weeks-pregnant)
- [33](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/33-weeks-pregnant)
- [34](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/34-weeks-pregnant)
- [35](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/35-weeks-pregnant)
- [36](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/36-weeks-pregnant)
- [37](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/37-weeks-pregnant)
- [38](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/38-weeks-pregnant)
- [39](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/39-weeks-pregnant)
- [40](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/40-weeks-pregnant)
- [41](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/41-weeks-pregnant)
- [42](https://myperiod.app/en/pregnancy/42-weeks-pregnant)

General information, not medical advice. If in doubt, call your midwife or GP. Sources: WHO fetal growth charts (Kiserud et al., PLoS Med 2017); Robinson and Fleming 1975; NHS, Your pregnancy and baby guide.
