{"id":1814,"date":"2026-02-17T11:14:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/week-17\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:27:47","slug":"week-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/pregnant\/pregnancy-calendar\/week-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"17\">Week 17<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Seeing light and dark<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Your baby<\/h3>\n<p>The baby is now growing about two centimeters per week. At this moment, he or she is about the same length as a toothbrush. Although the eyes are still closed, your child can distinguish light from dark right through the eyelids. So if you lie with your bare belly in the bright sun, he or she will certainly notice. By the way, those eyes have now also grown tiny eyelashes and eyebrows.    <\/p>\n<p>The little fingers and toes are also continuing to develop. Twenty tiny nails can already be counted. And on the fingers, a fingerprint is developing that is unique and that your child will keep for the rest of his or her life.  <\/p>\n<h3>You<\/h3>\n<p>Blood circulation throughout your entire body is better, and that applies to your genitals as well. As a result, you may get aroused more easily and have a greater desire for sex than usual. Additionally, with your rounder breasts and slightly round belly, you might feel super sexy right now. So, yet another reason why you might be in the mood to make love.   <\/p>\n<p>You do not need to be afraid that you will harm your baby by having sex. If you experience a painful sensation in your abdomen or back after an orgasm, there is no need to be alarmed. This is caused by the uterus contracting and the surrounding muscles and ligaments being pulled. It is harmless and the pain subsides quickly. However, you may experience a few drops of vaginal bleeding because your cervix is \u200b\u200bmore perfused with blood and superficial blood vessels can rupture due to contact with the penis.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 17 Seeing light and dark Your baby The baby is now growing about two centimeters per week. At this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1653,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"templates\/flex.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1814\/revisions\/1815"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verloskundigenrotterdamwest.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}