Pregnancy Is So Surprising 😮

It's no secret that pregnancy changes the human body. Here are some surprising things you may not know about pregnancy. 1. Babies can hear their mother's voice from inside the womb. At about 18 weeks, a fetus is able to hear sounds. By 25 to 26 weeks, it is more responsive to noises and responds in the womb. 2. The uterus gets a lot bigger. Before pregnancy, a woman's uterus is typically the size of an orange. By the third trimester, it can be about the size of a watermelon. In fact, it can expand up to 500 times the size during pregnancy. 3. Babies can taste certain foods in the womb. Strong flavors such as garlic can pass through amniotic fluid, so the baby can taste them. 4. Your heart grows bigger while you're pregnant. To help pump all the extra blood around the body, the heart has to increase in size. So do your feet. Many women also report that their feet got bigger while they were pregnant, as much as a whole size bigger. Ankles and feet can also swell up. 6. Pregnant women can start to lactate when they hear a baby crying. It doesn't have to be their own baby. It's all automatic. 7. The longest pregnancy ever recorded was 375 days long. A normal pregnancy lasts around 280 days, so Penny Diana Hunter's baby was nearly 100 days overdue in 1945. And the shortest was 21 weeks and 4 days. The child who started preschool last year apparently has no health or developmental problems as a result of being born early. 9. A pregnant woman's blood volume increases by 40-50%. Blood volume increases to help supply enough oxygenated blood to the fetus. 10. Your voice can change during pregnancy. The rise in estrogen and progesterone can cause swelling of the vocal folds. Meaning some higher notes are lost and lower ones might appear. 11. Heartburn really could mean a baby with more hair. Higher levels of estrogen and progesterone can stimulate hair growth and also relax esophagus, resulting in heartburn. 12. The most amount of babies born at once is 8. 6 boys and 2 girls. 13. Pregnant women often get thicker and shinier hair. But they may also grow more hair on other parts of their body, such as their abdomen, face, and back. Do you know any surprising pregnancy fact? Share with us in the comments.