Timeline by Carys Guillou

Ovulation

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 16:51:10 UTC

Release of the females mature egg.

fertilization

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 16:53:41 UTC

When the male sperm sex cell meets the female sex cell egg and the males sperm fertilizes the egg.

Zygote

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 16:54:00 UTC

When the cells divide.

Blastocyst

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Attaches to the implantation.

Implantation

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 16:55:52 UTC

This occurs when the blastocyst implants itself to the lining of the uterus.

HCG

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 16:56:58 UTC

The hormone that is used to tell whether you're pregnant on a pregnancy test.

Embryo

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 16:58:02 UTC

The stage the baby is in for 1 to 8 weeks.

Amniotic sac

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Sac full of fluid that surrounds the embryo.

Placenta

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 17:00:38 UTC

It forms along the lining of the uterus as the embryo implants.

Umbilical cord

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 17:02:23 UTC

The rope like structure attached to the baby that also attaches it to the mothers placenta for nutrients.

Fetus

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 17:04:04 UTC

This stage of the babies life that occurs at the end of the eight weeks of pregnancy.

!4 Weeks

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 17:06:14 UTC

The gender becomes visible during the ultrasound and the baby practices braxton hicks contractions.

28 Weeks

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 17:07:41 UTC

Lungs start to finish their formation.

Labor and delivery

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 17:11:22 UTC

finally after 9 months the baby is ready and the cervix dilates, and the baby's head crowns and the mother pushes for the baby to come out. this is a natural birth which some women will get an epidural to limit the pain. or in some rare cases will get a C-section if the mother or baby is in danger or a high risk birth.

After Birth

cguillou4 — 2024-05-03 17:12:40 UTC

After birth is when the mother "gives birth" to the placenta.