Pregnancy Body
During pregnancy, a woman's total blood volume increases by up to this percentage.
What is 50%?
The average labor last around this many hours for first-time moms.
What is 12-24 hours?
The essential piece of safety equipment required by law to bring a newborn home from the hospital.
What is a car seat?
According to legend, carrying the baby low and out front means you are having a baby of this gender.
What is a boy?
This is the age, in months, when most babies naturally flash their very first real, social smile.
What is two months?
This dark vertical line often appears on a pregnant person's abdomen.
What is the linea nigra?
C-sections account of this percentage of all births in the US.
What is 32% or a third?
Only about 3% to 4% of babies actually arrive on this exact predicted day.
What is their due date?
If a pregnant woman experiences severe, constant heartburn, the old wives' tale says the baby will be born with a lot of this.
What is hair?
By the end of this many months, most babies will enjoy playing peek-a-boo.
What is 7 months?
This common prenatal vitamin supplement is recommended to prevent neural tube defects.
What is folic acid?
This temporary organ nourishes the fetus and is delivered during the third stage of labor.
What is the placenta?
Babies are born without these bony structural parts, which don't fully develop until they are between 2 and 6 years old.
What are kneecaps?
According to folklore, an expectant mother's craving for sweets means she is carrying this gender.
What is a girl?
By this age, in months, most babies will use simple gestures, such as shaking head “no” and waving bye-bye.
What is 12 months?
Many pregnant women develop this condition, which gives them a heightened, superhero-like sense of smell.
What is hyperosmia?
Often called "false labor," these irregular uterine contractions are normal during pregnancy.
What are Braxton Hicks contractions?
Babies are born with this in their skull.
What is a gap?
To jumpstart labor, an expectant mother can eat this type of food.
What is spicy food?
This is the first color a newborn baby is actually able to recognize and distinguish after birth.
What is red?
This is the medical term for craving non-food items like clay, dirt, or chalk during pregnancy.
What is pica?
These are the most two common months for babies to be born in.
What are August and September?
A newborn's stomach is incredibly tiny on day one, roughly the exact size of this small, sweet fruit.
What is a cherry?
This classic jewelry item is hung on a string over the pregnant belly; if it swings in a circle, it supposedly predicts a girl, and a line predicts a boy.
What is a wedding ring?
Babies start to develop lasting autobiographical memory by this age.
What is 3 years old?