Right now, it's easiest to think of your micro-baby as a microscopic chicken egg: the amniotic cavity (or egg white-- aka "yolk sac") and the embryo (your baby-to-be or egg-yolk).
The yolk sac’s main job is to protect and nourish your baby until their pad-- the placenta, is fully furnished and ready for living.
Right now though, the placenta is just beginning to be built, much less furnished and decorated! In another 8 weeks, their little pad will be complete and ready for them.
The beginnings of your egg-yolk-baby's umbilical cord is visible and partly functional, although it is still not fully formed.
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