Your dream child at 1-3 weeks
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Your pregnancy is dated from the start of your last period, although conception usually occurs 2 week later. Thus, by the time you miss a period, you will probably be 5 weeks later. Thus, by the time you miss a period, u will probably be 5 weeks pregnant. A full term pregnancy lasts 40 weeks so your estimated date of delivery (EDD) will be 40 weeks from your last menstrual period (LMP).

Development

Before your baby actually starts growing, you set the stage. Last week an increase in the amount of estrogen and progesterone coursing through your bloodstream prompted your uterus to form a lush, blood-rich lining of tissue to support a potential fertilized egg. At the same time, in your ovaries, eggs were ripening in fluid-filled sacs called follicles. At the beginning of this week (often around day 14 of a 28-day cycle) one of your eggs erupts from its follicle and is swept away from your ovary and into a Fallopian tube. This process is called ovulation. At the same time the lining of your uterus starts to thicken. During the next 12 to 24 hours, that egg will be fertilized if one of the 250 million sperm (on average) your mate ejaculates manages to swim all the way from your vagina through your cervix, up into your uterus to the Fallopian tube to fertilize the egg. The tail separates from the head of sperm as soon as it penetrates the egg and cell division begins. If the sperm carries a Y chromosome, your baby will be a boy; if it's an X chromosome, you'll be welcoming a girl. Within hours , the fertilized eggs become to cells, then four cells, then eight cells and so on…is called zygot. . Once it enters the uterus, the zygote is called a morula. About a week after fertilization, the ball of cells now called blastocytes. The blastocytes will attach itself to the wallof your uterus and begin to embed deep into its lining. This process is called implantation. The cluster of cells very quickly produces an outer layer, which will develop into the placenta and amniotic sac, and an inner layer , which will develop into the embryo. These become the route by which nutrients and oxygen are transported from your blood circulation.


Appearance

The morula is microscopic in size and resembles a mulberry. According to Ayurveda it is called Budbudavastha. By the time it implants in the uterus, at around day 8th day, it resembles a grayish blackberry and is called a blastocyst. It is known as Kalalavashtha in Ayurveda.

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Tip for the Week:

Make sure you've scheduled a preconception visit with your ob-gyn to determine risks of genetic diseases and environmental hazards as well as learn about necessary lifestyle changes to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. Most important, make sure you've started taking 0.4 milligrams, or 400 micrograms, of folic acid a day. Folic acid taken a few months before conception has been shown to dramatically reduce such neural tube defects as spina bifida.

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