Pregnancy is like a miracle - during this period, the body and body of the expectant mother undergoes a lot of amazing transformations, which she sometimes does not even know about. We've put together some of the most startling facts about pregnancy that make you wonder how little we really know about this phenomenon.
20 little-known facts about pregnancy
- It is believed that frequent heartburn indicates the birth of a baby “with hair”. This is not a myth - in fact, in most cases, mothers suffering from heartburn have babies with a shock of hair.
- From about the fourth month of pregnancy, milk begins to gradually appear in the mammary glands. Often, milk can be released from young mothers and pregnant women reflexively - when crying or screaming any (their own or someone else's) child.
- The child begins to show emotions even in the womb - laugh, cry, be sad. Moreover, the crying of a child in the womb is not always caused by the mental state of the baby, it is just in this way that the baby prepares himself for the difficult process of childbirth.
- The appearance of bleeding gums during pregnancy and nosebleeds are not a reason to sound the alarm. These phenomena occur due to an increase in blood flow in a woman's body.
- The child is really able to taste the food that the mother eats, because some food aromas penetrate the fetus through the amniotic fluid.
- The average weight of a newborn child is becoming more and more every year: back in the 80s of the 20th century, this figure was 2.7 kg, and at the moment, more and more often, children are born with a weight of 3.6 kg or more.
- Only 10% of babies are born on time, i.e. at the fortieth week. If a baby is born later than 43 weeks, it is considered "post-term", but there are facts of carrying a baby for 375 days.
- At 3-4 months of gestation, a woman's sense of smell sharply sharpens - it is believed that in this way nature is trying to save the expectant mother and baby from eating dangerous, low-quality or stale food.
- The number of births of twins and triplets is growing every year - the chances of having twins are higher in women of large build.
- Already in the first three months, the baby has marigolds and fingerprints begin to form.
- In 90% of pregnant women, skin color can change, moles and age spots appear - all these manifestations disappear after childbirth.
- During pregnancy, the growth phase of the hair is lengthened, so the hair looks fuller, healthier and more attractive.
- Increasingly, at the birth of a child, they resort to caesarean section, especially with multiple pregnancies.
- Leg size during pregnancy can increase due to constant swelling and water retention in the body.
- The baby in the womb (in the last months of pregnancy) emits more than a liter of urine per day, which he himself drinks.
- Of all the available methods of stimulating labor activity, only the “comfort technique” method, which consists in massage of the nipples, has been scientifically confirmed.
- During the period of gestation, the uterus of a pregnant woman increases almost 500 times - from the size of a peach to the size of a melon.
- All babies at 4-8 weeks have a tail, which disappears after a while.
- By the middle of pregnancy, the expectant mother has pleasant physical and psycho-emotional sensations. Women who smoke do not experience this condition at all.
- Song can make childbirth easier - singing makes the hormone endorphin release, which helps to make childbirth less painful and has a calming effect on the woman herself.
