Just a few days ago, your ovule and your partner’s sperm met and fused together to conceive your baby. Your baby is still very, very tiny. In fact, it’s still not considered a baby but an embryo. Its size is barely the size of the tip of a pencil.

In spite of its tiny size, it’s already starting to develop its organs and that means that its gender has already been determined. Its main physiological structures are also developing which will later form the spine and all the neurological system, as well as the circulatory system. The placenta, the organ which will be nourishing it, and providing it with oxygen throughout the pregnancy is also developing.