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5 Most Surprising Facts About Pregnancy
by Jessica Roberts Self EmployedPregnancy is a wonderful stage of life. In
this stage, your body will change a lot and you may not even realize that they
are happening. When pregnant just enjoy and don’t stress yourself. Here in this
article, there are some facts about pregnancy that might surprise you. Just go
through them and educate yourself – you will feel good.
The
uterus becomes bigger.
The uterus of a woman is generally the size
of an orange. But by the 3rd trimester, it gets bigger and becomes
the size of a watermelon. The size of the uterus may expand up to 500 times the
size when pregnant.
There’s
an increase in blood volume by 40-50% with the heart growing bigger.
When you are pregnant, your blood volume
increases by 40-50% to help supply oxygenated blood to your baby in the womb.
In response to this increase in blood volume, the body causes the heart to grow
in size as well for handling the new blood volume and ensuring that it moves
smoothly everywhere in your and your baby’s little body. If there wouldn’t have
been this increase in the size of the heart, it would then have to beat harder
and faster like it does when you do exercises. Imagine how you would have felt
if your heart kept on beating so faster and harder for 9 long months! You would
have been exhausted and that could have caused a lot of issues in other body
parts as well.
A
baby tries to cry in the womb!
You can see a baby crying immediately after
being born but it is interesting to know that babies can cry in the womb as
well. If you ask a doctor in Leicester to play a sound on your belly you can
see it crystal clear through a 4D
well-being scan that your baby would first jump as if startled and then
open the mouth trying to cry. However, the crying noises of the babies inside the
womb cannot be heard because their vocal cords can’t vibrate because of the
amniotic fluid present.
A
woman kept her baby in her womb for 375 days
Yes, you have read that right – 375 days!
Usually, pregnancy lasts for about 280 days but in the case of Beulah Hunter,
it was a bit different. She was pregnant for 375 days and gave birth to a baby
in 1945 when she was just 25 years old. The baby was nearly 100 days overdue.
The longest pregnancies are being quite
common. In fact, there are many women who are being pregnant for ten or eleven
months than being pregnant for 9 months.
Shortest
pregnancy was 21 weeks 4 days
A mother carried her baby for only 21 weeks
and 4 days in her womb and then gave birth. This case had set a record in world
history and the best part is the child to date has shown no developmental or
health problems for being a premature baby.
There are many more surprises (your partner
may experience some symptoms like you, your feet getting bigger, your voice
changing, having strange cravings for food, etc.) that you may come through
when pregnant but nothing would be sweeter than having your newborn in your
arms.
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About Jessica Roberts 
Self Employed
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