Today we are at 10 weeks, which is a very important milestone in the pregnancy. The peanut inside has graduated from embryo to fetus, which means that all the organs are present and accounted for. This also means that the fingerprints have formed, the eye color has developed (even though the pigmentation is incomplete and doesn't form until after birth), and that the reproductive organs are present but indiscernible. Unbelievable! It also means that this week or next, the placenta begins to function.
I was going to include a photo of fetal development, but at this point, it looks so... alien, that I think I'll just let it be. If you're interested, though, go to http://www.pregnancy.org and click on Fetal Development First Trimester.
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