The Canadian singer and songwriter recorded The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on his 1976 album Summertime Dream.. The single hit No. 1 in Canada and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.
After conception, the fertilized egg meanders to the end of your fallopian tube and enters your uterus, searching for the uterine wall. If it successfully implants itself there, the placenta will begin to form at that very spot about a week later. By the end of the first trimester, the placenta is fully grown and weighs about 1 1/4 pounds.
During pregnancy, your placenta develops out of the same cells as your baby does, and attaches to the inside wall of your uterus. Blood vessels connect the placenta to your blood supply, allowing your baby to grow and develop throughout pregnancy.