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'''What happens to you?''' | '''What happens to you?''' | ||
| − | + | During this week your body is preparing to receive a fertilized egg. The lining of your uterus gets thicker. | |
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| + | '''What happens to the baby?''' | ||
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| + | Every month, halfway through a women’s menstrual cycle (day 14 of a 28-day cycle), the body produces an egg that is released from the ovaries through the fallopian tube and into the uterus. This egg will need to be fertilized—fused with a male sperm—within 12–24 hours to become pregnant. If the egg is not fertilized within that time, it will pass through the vagina along with the shedding of the lining of the uterus; this is your period. Once the egg is fertilized it begins to split over and over again until a small cluster of cells is formed. By day 4, after fertilization, there are usually over 100 cells. This is called the embryo. The egg is implanted in your uterus.The embryo continues to grow and [[ADD|add]] additional layers. | ||
Return to [[Pregnancy Calendar]] or continue to [[Week 3]] | Return to [[Pregnancy Calendar]] or continue to [[Week 3]] | ||
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| + | =Resources= | ||
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| + | Stoppard, Miriam. "Dr. Miriam Stoppard’s New [[Pregnancy]] and Birth Book.” Ballantine Books. 2009. | ||
| + | The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. “Your [[Pregnancy]] and Birth.” Meredith Books. 2005. | ||
| + | Stone, Joanne; Eddleman, Keith; Duenwald, Mary. “[[Pregnancy]] for Dummies.” Wiley Publishing. 2004. | ||
Revision as of 19:47, 19 May 2014
Wikipedia
What happens to you?
During this week your body is preparing to receive a fertilized egg. The lining of your uterus gets thicker.
What happens to the baby?
Every month, halfway through a women’s menstrual cycle (day 14 of a 28-day cycle), the body produces an egg that is released from the ovaries through the fallopian tube and into the uterus. This egg will need to be fertilized—fused with a male sperm—within 12–24 hours to become pregnant. If the egg is not fertilized within that time, it will pass through the vagina along with the shedding of the lining of the uterus; this is your period. Once the egg is fertilized it begins to split over and over again until a small cluster of cells is formed. By day 4, after fertilization, there are usually over 100 cells. This is called the embryo. The egg is implanted in your uterus.The embryo continues to grow and add additional layers.
Return to Pregnancy Calendar or continue to Week 3
Resources
Stoppard, Miriam. "Dr. Miriam Stoppard’s New Pregnancy and Birth Book.” Ballantine Books. 2009. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. “Your Pregnancy and Birth.” Meredith Books. 2005. Stone, Joanne; Eddleman, Keith; Duenwald, Mary. “Pregnancy for Dummies.” Wiley Publishing. 2004.