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When does the placenta begin forming?

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Responses

week 2

week 2

weeks 3-5

weeks 3-5

weeks 6-7

weeks 6-7

week 12

week 12

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
week 2

Explanation: placental formation begins with implantation (trophoblast differentiation and early chorionic villi) around the end of week 1/beginning of week 2; the placenta is functionally established over the following weeks and largely complete by about week 12.