Pregnancy Week

Week 2 The sperm is approaching the ovum. Fertilization, the joining of the sperm and the egg in the fallopian tube to form a unique human being, occurs. Forty-six chromosomes provide the blueprint for the embryo’s physical characteristic fertilized egg. The developing embryo, called a zygote at this stage, floats down from the fallopian tube [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2008 under Pregnancy Weeks 1-12. Tags: blastocyst, early pregnancy, egg, embryo, first trimester, pregnancy week 3, pregnancy week 4, pregnancy week1, pregnancy week2, sperm, weeks pregnant, zygote. Comments: None