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1-3 Weeks Pregnant

Normally, pregnancy begins two weeks after the start of your last period. However, the start of last period is often attributed to pregnancy. Your pregnancy may be of 5 weeks by the time you miss a menstrual cycle. A full-term pregnancy persists for about 40 weeks. Hence, the gynecologist or midwife calculates the estimated date of delivery (EDD) 40 weeks after the last menstrual period (LMP). Development in 1 – 3 Week Pregnancy Your body discharges an egg (ovum) about 14 days before the end of your period. At that point, the uterus lining begins to thicken. Out of millions of discharged sperms only one sperm is utilized to fertilize egg and to set the growth and development process off. Once the tail pierces through the egg, it gets separated [...]