If you’re staring at a late period, a positive test, or even just the possibility of being pregnant, your mind might be spinning with questions like:
“Is this really a pregnancy yet?”
“Is it just a ‘cluster of cells’?”
“When does life actually start?”
Throughout a woman’s pregnancy, her baby undergoes many stages of development in the womb before being born, and among these milestones which indicate life is the fetal heartbeat. Through the use of ultrasounds, modern science can detect the waves of the baby’s heartbeat as early as three weeks after fertilization.
“In fact, between 6 and 10 weeks’ gestation, the embryo grows into a fetus, from the size of a baked bean to the size of a prune. In many cases, they are, in fact, visible to the naked eye. Many women who have experienced a miscarriage or medication abortion can attest to this,” she said.