12 Interesting Facts About Pregnancy
7. Pregnant women carrying lower or higher do not indicate the gender of the baby. This is due to their body type. However, for the second pregnancy when abdominal muscles have relatively loosened, pregnancy can appear to be lower.
8. Nearly seventy percent of pregnant women undergo morning sickness. Nausea and related symptoms are primarily due to the release of extra estrogen that their body produces to handle pregnancy.
9. Your baby plays with its umbilical cord while in the womb. He/she learns to cry, suck thumb and dream right there within you.
10. Mississippi is the US state with the highest birth rate.
11. On an average, one in three babies born in the United States is delivered by c-section. This number has increased by at least 46% since 1996.
12. Your baby begins to move just as soon as you are eight weeks pregnant.
Pregnancy causes a lot of emotional and physical changes in the woman and consulting a doctor or seeking right advice is important to stay anxiety free during the phase. Keep in mind these interesting pregnancy facts and also let others know of them too.
