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43 Did You Know Facts About Pregnancy Must Know

Pregnancy is both a beautiful and a tough journey. It is divided into three trimesters, and during all these trimesters your physical appearance, your baby, and your pregnancy symptoms everything changes. Apart from the physical changes which are visible, there are many other changes that happen in a women’s body. We have shortlisted some of the amazing facts about pregnancy which you will be surprised to know.

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Did You Know Facts About Pregnancy

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Did you know facts about pregnancy
  1. Your heart actually grows. Becoming a mother is the greatest opportunity for a woman. Your heart grows literally as well as figuratively. The blood volume increases by 50%, which makes your heart beats faster and stronger.

2. Your Partner also experiences some of your symptoms. Yes, the quote nowadays We Are Pregnant is really true. Some men gain weight, have nausea feeling and also swelling in their legs.

3. Your Feet can grow up to one full size. Yes, in Pregnancy it is not uncommon for your feet to grow. That means time for some footwear shopping.

4. During Pregnancy, your body grows an organ. The placenta is an organ that connects you with your baby.

5. Babies drink their own pee in the womb. I know little weird, but this starts from the second trimester.

6. Babies also cry in the womb. Yes, but that doesn’t mean they are sad, they are just practicing.

7. Just like in real life, your baby eats first. It happens even in the womb. Your baby takes up all the nutrition it needs first and the remaining is given to your body.

8. Your unborn baby can actually heal you if by chance your organ gets damaged during pregnancy.

9. Nipple stimulation in full time can actually bring on labor. This is called as “Comfort Technique”.

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10. For every 2000 babies, one baby is born with a tooth.

11. 24 hours is the time it takes sperm to enter the egg and make you pregnant.

12. At just 6 weeks, your baby has a heartbeat which is very small and only the size of a lentil.

13. At 10 weeks, your baby can respond to touch but you won’t feel it.

14. Your baby gets its own fingerprints at the age of 3 months.

15. Your baby can taste what you are eating. So, try to eat everything, you don’t want a fussy eater later.

16. Lungs are the last organ to develop in the baby.

17. Women’s brain shrinks in pregnancy.

18. The longest pregnancy on record was 375 days, which is longer than a year.

19. Pregnancy hormones can make your hair healthy and your nails grow faster. But after delivery, do take care of your hair, they will fall out.

20. Pregnant women have a heightened sense of smell.

21. Pregnant women have less oxygen in their blood, which makes them forget some things.

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22. When you reach 3-4 weeks of pregnancy, you will get a mucous plug. It is the opening of the cervix and prevents your womb from bacteria entering.

23. It is said that women suffering from heartburn during pregnancy are likely to give birth to babies with hair on them.

24. Morning sickness does not happen in morning.

25. Hormones can make your boobs bigger.

26. Your body gets 50% more blood during pregnancy.

27. Your skin stretches to at least 1.5 square feet by the ninth month.

28. Baby bump actually makes people smile.

29. Your belly button may poke out. As the uterus gets bigger, it pushes the belly button forward.

30. Pregnancy is a metabolism booster. It helps to compensate for your weight gain.

31. Your dreams may get scary or vivid.

32. You will have mood swings. It can be anything from anger, crying, happy to being anxiety.

33. You will feel hotter.

34. Your stomach will have less space, as the uterus has taken up most of the space.

35. Your body will automatically become more absorbent to iron.

36. You will have a strange taste in your mouth, this is caused due to pregnancy hormone.

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37. Your skin becomes more sensitive to skin. But it is also necessary to sit in sun for Vitamin D.

38. The digestion system becomes slow during pregnancy.

39. You may feel turned on all the time. As your uterus is filled with blood, making you more sensitive.

40. You may sometimes feel out of breath. Due to the pressure in the uterus, you cannot inhale properly.

41. You will have that Pregnancy glow, as you have extra blood circulating in your body which makes your skin pinkier and healthier.

42. Doctors get the due date wrong, a lot.

43. Your eyesight may change during pregnancy.

So, above are the amazing facts about pregnancy, which you may not be knowing. Also, one thing, every pregnancy is different, not everyone suffers from above things. But it is one amazing phase, so enjoy it to the fullest.

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