30/09/2017
Did You Know? 11 Unknown Facts About Pregnancy
1. A woman’s uterus expands to over 500 times its normal size in the course of a normal pregnancy.
2. Additionally, her heart and feet will increase in size during pregnancy. The heart grows to handle the increased volume of blood in the body, and the feet swell and spread due to fluid retention and the stretching of ligaments.
3. The longest known and recorded pregnancy lasted for 1 year and 10 days. That is a whole 95 days more than the normal 280 days.
4. When it comes to twin births, the small Nigerian town of Igbo-Oro has the highest incidence of twins in the world, with an average of 1 twin birth for every 22 single births. That is about 4 times more than anywhere else in the world. Though it is not quite known why, this is likely to be due to the town’s high consumption of yams, the p*elings of which contain high levels of phytoestrogen, a chemical that may cause an increase in the number of eggs released and thus induce a higher rate of ovulation.
5. Babies can actually taste the food their mothers eat in the womb. So, Auntie, if you like eating pepper like me, biko… “sorry your baby take heart oh”
6. From the second trimester onwards, babies p*e in the uterus. Then they drink it. Then they p*e again. Then they drink it again. You get the picture.
7. As a matter of fact, as from about 20 weeks of pregnancy, amniotic fluid is mostly composed of sterile urine. Seems yucky, but it is perfectly okay for the baby. Besides urine, amniotic fluid will also have some nutrients, hormones, and antibodies in it.
8. Speaking of bodily functions, your baby starts making his first poo, aka “meconium”, around pregnancy week 21. However he won’t poo this poo ;) until after he’s born. Unlike later f***s, meconium is composed of substances ingested during the time the infant spends in the uterus, like intestinal cells, mucus, amniotic fluid, bile, and water. When baby finally pushes it out, you may find it very black and sticky, almost tar-like.
9. Baby girls are born with their full supply of eggs for life, but boys only develop their sperms at puberty. So technically a girl could get pregnant at any age, though the youngest confirmed mother in medical history gave birth at the age of 5 years, 7 months and 21 days. As a matter of fact, she actually got pregnant when she was just 4 years old!
10. Babies cry in the womb. Yep! But rest assured, that’s not because they’re sad. Noooo. They’re just practicing. To give you sleepless nights. Once they’re born! Lol. So if you’re wise, sleep all you can while you’re pregnant and, once baby is here, sleep when he sleeps. Thank me right now.
11. Pregnant women who suffer from heart burn or acid reflux are more likely to have hairy babies. This is because the hormones oestrogen and progesterone that stimulate hair growth also cause the oesophagus to relax, causing heart burn. But now let me ask you, what will you do if you discover that your husband has oesophagus? Hahahaha!!!
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