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Week 2: I'm just yolking!
Fetal development in pregnancy week 2
Right now, it's easiest to think of your micro-baby as a microscopic chicken egg: the amniotic cavity (or egg white-- aka "yolk sac") and the embryo (your baby-to-be or egg-yolk).
The yolk sac’s main job is to protect and nourish your baby until their pad-- the placenta, is fully furnished and ready for living.
Right now though, the placenta is just beginning to be built, much less furnished and decorated! In another 8 weeks, their little pad will be complete and ready for them.
The beginnings of your egg-yolk-baby's umbilical cord is visible and partly functional, although it is still not fully formed.
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Most women who aren't actively trying to conceive (TTC) are still blissfully unaware of their little womb fruit and its astonishing growth of rate.
Still, some of you will start to notice an increased need to pee, strange bouts of unexpected fatigue and breast tenderness ... the most common of early pregnancy symptoms.
At this point in the game, it's still unlikely your body is producing enough HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) to yield a positive pregnancy test.
For those women who're using the Fertility Awareness Method or Natural Family Planning and charting their temperature, they'll notice a prolonged increase in your basal temperature at this point signaling the presence of your tiniest future house-guest.
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