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Day 1: Sperm joins with egg to form one cell — no bigger than a grain of sugar. The new life has 46 chromosomes... the complete genetic blueprint is there — the child’s gender, hair color, eye color, skin tone and height. Everything is there, the baby just needs to grow, inside and outside of the womb.

Day 21: The heart begins to beat. 

Day 35: Five fingers can be discerned in the hand. The eyes darken as pigment is produced.

Day 40: Brain waves can be detected and recorded.

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