{"id":19836,"date":"2022-12-28T08:51:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T05:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mucizeanne.com\/16-surprising-facts-about-pregnancy\/19836\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T00:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:55:22","slug":"16-surprising-facts-about-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mucizeanne.com\/en\/16-surprising-facts-about-pregnancy\/19836\/","title":{"rendered":"16 surprising facts about pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pregnancy is an adventure that lasts about 40 weeks. During this time comes some changes that occur. Nausea, swelling of the hands and feet, frequent urination are the most smiling and expected pregnancy symptoms. However, there are some surprising cases. <\/p>\n\n

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16 interesting facts about pregnancy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

16 surprising facts about pregnancy<\/h2>\n\n
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  1. The longest known pregnancy lasted 375 days (a 40-week pregnancy lasts about 280). The shortest pregnancy lasted 21 weeks and 4 days. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The shortest recorded pregnancy in which the baby clung to life lasted 22 weeks. The baby managed to survive, although he was in the bathtub for a long time. The baby, who was born at 21 weeks and 4 days, is now a toddler. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The oldest woman who managed to have a baby was 66 years old.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The blood volume of a pregnant woman increases by 40% to 50%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Before becoming pregnant, the female uterus is approximately the size of an orange. However, in the 3rd trimester, it can expand to the size of a capuz. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Breast milk begins to be produced from the 14th week. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. In the 3rd trimester, babies can recognize their mother’s voice. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. One in every 2000 babies is born with teeth. These teeth may need to be extracted by the doctor. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. In China, women do not eat or drink cold when they are pregnant. They prefer hot beverages such as tea and soup, believing that pregnancy has a “cold” nature and that hot liquids help balance the yin and yang. There is no evidence to support this claim, but it is still a common cultural practice. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. In Japan, pregnant women are given a badge to wear in a purse or hang on a necklace. Thus, on trains and buses, passengers see the badge and give it a place even if a woman’s belly is not noticeable in early pregnancy. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Worldwide, the highest number of cesarean births is in Turkey (Approximately 50%), while the highest number of normal births is in Iceland (Approximately 86%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. In 2009, a woman named Nadya Suleman gave birth to 8 babies in one go.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. A couple under the age of 30 has a monthly chance of having a baby by 20 percent, while a 40-year-old couple has a 5 percent chance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Babies can cry in the womb.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Babies taste in the womb.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Babies pee in the womb.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

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