Isn’t it strange that you are entering the 2nd week of your pregnancy but the baby is not even present? It definitely is but your baby is not really conceived in the 2nd week. By the end of the 2nd week, ovulation will take place and it is only after the ovulation that the baby would be conceived.
The first major sign of being pregnant is missed period which generally happens in the 4th week of your pregnancy. It is only after missing the period that most women use a home pregnancy kit to confirm the pregnancy. So, even if you might experience some symptoms this week, you won’t really believe that they are due to pregnancy.
As for the development of the baby or physical changes in your body, nothing noteworthy would really be happening this week. But as this phase can be very exciting for women who were planning to get pregnant, it is important to know what might actually happen this week.
Development Of Baby in the 2nd Week of Pregnancy
While you might not know that you are pregnant, something major has already begun in your body. Around the 14th day of your menstrual cycle or the 2nd week of your pregnancy, ovulation occurs. It means that your ovaries release eggs for fertilization. The egg released by the ovaries reaches the fallopian tube and stay there for about 12-24 hours. This happens in every single of your menstrual cycle. The egg is just flushed out when the uterine lining sheds if there is no sperm in the fallopian tube for fertilization.
If you’ve had unprotected sex close to the ovulation and your partner ejaculated inside you, the sperm would also reach the fallopian tube. If there is sperm in your fallopian tube when the egg reaches there, it results in fertilization. Once the egg is fertilized, it is called a blastocyte which then starts moving towards the uterine wall for implantation.