Thought I'd start up an old tradtion of this blog - tracking the pregnancy through the BBC pregnancy tracker. It seems they've gone weekly rather than daily now - cut backs I assume! Anyway, here we go!:
"Days 22 to 28 - Your baby in the making
A space forms inside the morula (the embryo at its early stage of development), as some cells clump together in the middle, and others are pushed to the edge. The morula is now known as the blastocyst. By now, the blastocyst has made its way to your womb and is ready to embed itself in the endometrium - or the lining of the uterus. At this point, it's still not visible to the naked eye. The cells of the trophoblast put out tiny projections like tiny little fingers, which are called the chorionic villi. These manage to burrow into the endometrium, breaking it down to help the embedding process. The embedded blastocyst now starts producing a hormone - chorionic gonadotrophin. This stops you having your period and shows in your urine. You're pregnant - yay!"
Yay! :-D
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