Week 3 · First trimester
3 weeks pregnant
First root, unseen
No size is stated this week — pregnancy is dated from before conception, and there is nothing yet to measure.
First root, unseen underground is a story of something beginning beyond view. It makes room for wonder, uncertainty, and every feeling in between.
This week, inside
Fertilization can occur during this week, when egg and sperm unite in a fallopian tube to form a single cell. That cell divides as it travels toward the uterus; implantation follows when the growing cluster attaches to the uterine lining.
What you might be noticing
No pregnancy-specific symptom claim is included for this week: the fetched sources describe fertilization and implantation timing but do not support a reliable week-3 symptom pattern. The clinician should decide whether this early-week card keeps that exception.
- No symptom claim drafted
- Waiting
- Clinician review needed
Small things that help
Make a note of the dates you already know, without trying to solve the whole calendar. Begin a private word list for this season: hopes, questions, names, places, or colors.
For the record
If this week had a hidden root, what would you hope it was reaching toward?
Zohra asks one of these every week, and keeps your answer. A year from now it is the part people say they are most glad they wrote down.
Where this came from
Not sure you are at week 3? Work out your due date — or see every week’s size on one chart, and the rest of the first trimester.
Keep this week
Zohra draws this same flower in the app, at this same size, and keeps what you write beside it — with your bump photos, the letters, and the sounds from your appointments.
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