1. Accidents during pregnancy never
cause birth marks.
2. Boy babies outnumber girl babies
3. A fetus does not have bowel movements
before birth.
4. If you are within the normal weight
range for your height you are less likely to suffer
problems such as high blood pressure or diabetes during
pregnancy.
5. All the eggs you will ever produce
are stored in your ovaries before you are born.
6. It takes about 70-80 days to make
a sperm.
7. Each month there is a 20 % chance
of conception.
8. The sex of a baby is determined
by whether the sperm that fertilizes the egg carries
the X or Y version of chromosome 23.
9. During pregnancy, the average
woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its
normal size.
10. Each chromosome contains thousands
of genes that determine everything from eye and hair
color to intelligence, personality and physical health.
11. There are some suggestions that
baby boys secrete a chemical that causes the mother
to eat more during pregnancy.
12. Tall women are more likely to
conceive twins.
13. The number of multiple births
has increased by more than 400 percent
14. Up to 22 % of twins are left-handed
while the rate is just below 10% for non-twins.
15. At 37.5 degrees Celsius the temperature
of amniotic fluid is higher than that of the mother's
body.
16. Most of the amniotic
fluid is actually sterile urine.
17. Your baby does not feel a thing when
the cord is cut after birth.
18. Babies of smokers are more likely to
smoke as adults.
19. Fetus starts moving shortly after the
mother is 8 weeks pregnant.
20. Baby's life in the uterus is
so noisy that he gets accustomed to constant noise.
21. Of the average weight gain in
pregnancy, 38% is the weight of the baby. The rest
constitutes the placenta, fluid and blood and the
fat gained on the breast and uterus.
22. Nerve cells or neurons are produced in
the fetus at an average rate of 250,000 per minute.
23. The placenta reaches maturity
by 34 weeks.
24. 280 days is the average length
of pregnancy.
25. Fetal temperature is normally
half a degree centigrade or a degree Fahrenheit above
the maternal temperature.
26. Virtually all drugs taken by
the mother cross the placenta to the fetus.
27. In the 1st two weeks of pregnancy
drugs and other substances either have no adverse
effects or causes a miscarriage (often before you
realize you are pregnant).
28. Sex of an infant is not affected
by heredity; it is purely a matter of chance.
29. Among stillborn infants the ratio
of males to females is 150 to 100.
30. Fetal heart rate does not indicate
sex of the baby.
31. Neither maternal age, race, size,
nor the previous number of children has any influence
on the length of pregnancy.
32. The eggs of mice, rabbits, gorillas,
dogs, pigs, whales and humans are all about the same
size.
33. The male gender does not produce
sperm until puberty
34. Some experts believe that at
least 40 to 50% of fertilized eggs never end up as
a baby.
35. Cycle length is the number of
days from the first day of one period to the first
day of the next.
36. The ovum can only live up to
24 hours. The sperm can live up to 5 days in the fertile-quality
cervical fluid.
37. Most men produce 100-300 million
sperms daily.
38. In every 6 pregnancies there
is one miscarriage.
39. The last organ to develop in
the baby is the lungs.
40. Daily sex may lower sperm counts.
41. According to a Swiss study, first
labors require an average of 135 contractions and
subsequent labors, 68.
42. The third stage of labor is also
known as the placental stage.
43. Hyperpigmentation or excessive
color in skin occurs 90% of all pregnant women
44. Feet will get bigger towards
the end of the pregnancy. This occurs because of swelling
and the pregnancy hormone, relaxin which loosens the
ligaments causing your foot to spread apart. The swelling
generally subsides after delivery but foot spreading
is permanent!
45. On average, among couples having
regular intercourse, 25% of women will conceive within
one month, 60% within 6 months, 80% within a year
and 90% within 18 months.
46. A pregnant body gains a minimum
of 6.6 liters of fluid.
47. Drinking warm milk helps with
insomnia especially in the final trimester by releasing
tryptophan in your body, a natural occurring amino
acid that induces sleep.
48. Some researches have linked cramps
during pregnancy to low levels of magnesium or calcium.
49. Pregnancy increases the body
temperature thereby making the pregnant lady more
prone to dehydration.
50. You only need 300 calories a
day more than before you were pregnant.
51. Unborn babies can feel, see and
hear so spend time stroking your belly and talking
to your baby in the womb.
52. About 10% of women suffer from
depression during pregnancy or after birth.
53. Once you have seen a fetal heartbeat
the risk of miscarriage lowers to 5%.
54. One in every two thousand babies
is born with a tooth.
55. A fetus acquires fingerprints
at the age of 3 months.
56. The largest cell in the human
body is the female ovum, or egg cell. The smallest
cell in the human body is the male sperm. It takes
about 175,000 sperm cells to weigh as much as a single
egg cell.
57. At least 50% of women experience
back pain during pregnancy.
58. Four nutrients essential in making
sperm are vitamin A & E, linoleic acid and zinc.
59. Every human spent an hour as
a single cell.
60. Ultrasound waves do not travel
well through air. The gel placed on your belly helps
to carry the sound waves to and from the transducer.
