During the first two weeks of pregnancy, an egg is released from the ovaries and travels to the fallopian tubes where it may be fertilized by one of hundreds of millions of sperm. If a single sperm penetrates the egg's protective layer, the genetic material from the father and mother merge to create a unique fertilized egg. This fertilized egg will then travel to the uterus and begin developing into a fetus.

1. 1st
and 2nd
Weeks Pregnant:
What Happens During These Weeks?

2. Congratulations! During these first
two weeks, your body is preparing for
possible conception.

3. One of your eggs erupts from its follicle
and is swept away from your ovary into
a Fallopian tube.

4. During the next 12 to 24 hours, that egg will be
fertilized, if one of the 250 million sperms your mate
ejaculates and manages to swim all the way from
your vagina through your cervix, into your uterus to
the Fallopian tube, and penetrate the egg.

5. The sperm moves forward by wiggling their tails
through the dangerous obstacle track, the acidity in
the vagina, cervix, and uterus. The obstacles claim
many lives. The slow and weak ones give up.

6. Now there are only about 100 sperms left
competing for the ovum, but only one will
make it through the ovum's protective layer.

7. Once a single sperm has penetrated, the cell
membrane of the egg changes its electrical
characteristics and does not allow other sperms to
enter. For the winning sperm, it is the beginning. It
sheds its unnecessary tail and load, and is free.

8. The father's genetic material merges
with the mother's. A new and unique
cell is created: The fertilized ovum.

9. The fertilized egg will travel from the fallopian
tube to the uterus and start developing fetus.

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