Fun Pregnancy Facts

After some days of knowing that I'm pregnant, I started surfing the Internet to get to know more information about pregnancy. Part of my daily reading includes finding out helpful, interesting, amazing, and even weird and shocking things about being pregnant. 

Today, I have found several fun pregnancy facts which I would like to share to all my readers especially those pregnant woman out there. Some of these facts may sound really funny but they are said to be real.

1. The average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size during pregnancy. It only takes 6-8 weeks for it to return to its original size. 

• I just hope my tummy will not get too big because I have a small body type. I can't imagine myself being small and having a big tummy. I also wish I could go back to my original size weeks after getting birth.

2. Your feet may grow 1-2 sizes during each pregnancy.

• During my first pregnancy, I experienced my feet getting bigger but not that longer during the 8 and 9 month, but it went back to its original shape weeks after giving birth. 

3. Babies play with their umbilical cord in the womb. They also suck their thumb, cry, and dream!

• Wow, what can my baby dream about? I wish he dreams about me, his Dad, and his older sister. The baby inside me probably cries when I don't get to talk with him and when he's hungry but I'm not.

4. Despite several rumors to the contrary, microwave ovens do not pose a threat to an unborn fetus.

• I don't use microwave at home so I guess the only threat to the baby inside me is my too much use of the computer.

5. Milk production and lactation can actually begin as early as the second trimester in some women.

• So far, my breast are getting so big and tender for the past days and I know it will get bigger as soon as it starts to produce milk. I'm just so lucky that I can produce a lot of milk which is good because I plan on breastfeeding my baby as soon as I give birth to him.

6. Carrying a baby “high” or “low” is dependent on a woman’s body type and is not a reliable predictor of the baby’s gender.

• During my first pregnancy, a lot of people told me that I'm going to have a baby girl because of the size and look of my tummy. Well, I had a baby girl but I don't think that carrying a baby "high" or "low" is a reliable predictor of what the baby's gender will be.

7. Accidents during pregnancy never cause birth marks.

• This is the first time I heard about this. I have no idea how babies get birth marks. I suppose I need to do more research regarding this.

8. A fetus does not have bowel movements before birth. 

• I wonder where the food I ate which my baby also ate goes.

9. Tall women are more likely to conceive twins. 

• I don't know if there's a scientific basis for this one. But I know some women who are not that tall but they have conceive twins.

10. Baby's life in the uterus is so noisy that he gets accustomed to constant noise.

• What kind of noise is the baby in my tummy hears? And what kind of noise is there inside my uterus? Well, I always talk to my baby and let him hear music before going to sleep so he too can sleep soundly inside me.