Your baby, which doesn't look like much more than a tadpole right now, is actually starting to form major organs (heart, kidney, liver, stomach) and systems (nervous, circulatory, digestive). Baby's presence in your uterus triggers production of HCG (the hormone detected by pregnancy tests), which triggers the production of other hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which triggers all those great symptoms you've probably been noticing! (credit-www.thebump.com)
On a side note, i know that many people like to wait to "tell" friends and family until the window of miscarriage is past around 12 weeks. Over the past 11 years I have experienced 8 pregnancies, meaning that I have lost 2 babies to miscarriage. My experience was that since we didn't tell anyone, it meant that we (mainly I) had to go through it all alone. Miscarriage is hard, but its even harder when you don't have the support and love of family and friends to help you through it. I recently had the priviledge of helping a sweet friend deliver her miscarried baby at 16 weeks (gestation about 10 weeks). While these kinds of deliveries are so hard for the grieving family, the Lord showed me such a beautiful picture of the sanctity of life, at any stage, and the importance of support. Although this tiny baby was only about 1 inch long, we could see the hands and feet clearly and make out all of the parts of the body develeloped at that point and he/she was beautifully encased in a thick, strong placenta. I am so thankful to have been able to serve my friend during this very hard time in her life and appreciate her willingness to let me be there to help her through it.
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