english: The corpus luteum is responsible for producing the progesterone required to maintain the pregnancy until six to seven weeks of gestation, when the placenta develops and takes over, until the baby is born  approximately 40 weeks later.
non_english: Corpus luteum je zadužen za prozvodnju progesterona neophodnog za održavanje trudnoće do šeste ili sedme nedelje gestacije, kada se formira placenta  i preuzima posao, dok beba nije rođena, posle otprilike 40 nedelja.