When a doctor is able to determine the sex of the fetus during an ultrasound, which stage of development is the fetus in?

The fetus’s external sex characteristics usually become clear enough to identify on an ultrasound during the second trimester, often around 18–20 weeks. That makes “second trimester” the correct choice. Blastocyst formation happens very early, before the embryo is called a fetus.

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