![]() The hormones of the mother control their development. Embryonic or fetal developmentīoth the male and the female fetus for the first eight weeks of life have the same rudimentary reproductive and sexual organs. Development of the vulva includes the following stages. The development again gains acceleration during puberty when the female reproductive organs are exposed to female hormones like estrogen and there is appearance of the secondary sexual characters. The vulva and the female external genitalia begins to develop while the baby is still within the mother’s womb. ![]() Ananya Mandal, MD Reviewed by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Editor)
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