August 4, 2022

10 Pregnancy Facts That Might Surprise You

Neha

During pregnancy, a woman's uterus can expand up to 500 times, it is also most happiest & painful experience for a woman.

Normally a pregnancy lasts for 280 days, but in 1945, a lady by name Beulah Hunter had her pregnancy lasted for 375 days.

During pregnancy, women's heart grows in size and also beats faster to pump all that extra blood needed in the body.

Pregnant women's pancreas, can't produce enough insulin which causes diabetes surprisingly it goes away after delivery.

The hormone relaxin is released from the beginning of pregnancy, which helps enable the pelvis to expand during the birth.

After conception, changes to cervical mucus is early sign of pregnancy, mucus tends to be thick, gummy and clear in colour.

Pregnancy can cause dark spots to appear on the body. The line down the stomach, called the linea Nigra, gets darker.

Pregnancy causes 80% of women to have memory impairment, it is called pregnancy brain, women struggle to focus on tasks.

Whatever mother eats during pregnancy, babies are likely to like the same food, because the baby can taste even in the womb.

Pregnancy gives a lot of acid reflux that's because higher levels of estrogen hormones that stimulates hair growth in baby.

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