Embryo
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What Is It?
The word used to describe a growing pregnancy during the first eight weeks.
An Example
Nick went to their health care provider to take a pregnancy test and learned that they are pregnant. The embryo in Nick’s uterus is at five weeks of development.
Ultrasound image of an embryo
What to Know
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- A pregnancy goes through many stages of development and change over 9 months. During the embryo stage, many people do not yet know that they are pregnant and will not be able to confirm this until they take a pregnancy test with a health care provider.
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