Pregnancy Facts
Only about 1 in 10 women experience this when they go into labor.
What is their water breaking?
Newborns have more of these than adult humans.
What are bones?
300 (compared to adults' 206) - some fuse together as the baby grows.
Pregnant women only need to increase their calorie intake by this much (rather than double because they are eating for two).
What/ How much is 300 calories?
This was Kris’ first pregnancy craving.
What are cinnamon rolls?
This television show portrayed pregnancy on screen for the first time.
What is I Love Lucy?
In combination with genetics, these unique features are developed when the fetus presses against its mother’s womb.
What are fingerprints?
Babies cannot do this for the first 3 or so weeks of life until the structures develop further.
What is cry with tears?
A lot of heartburn during pregnancy is supposed to signify this birth trait (and it seems to hold some truth).
What is a baby born with a lot of hair?
She was the first person Kris told she was pregnant (after Bryce).
Who is Erin?
The term "quickening", used as early as the 1700’s, describes this exciting pregnancy phenomenon.
What is feeling the baby move for the first time?
This increases during pregnancy by 40% - 50% to ensure there is enough to support the baby.
What is the mother’s blood volume?
This organ doubles in size in the baby’s first year.
What is the brain?
A common pregnancy myth claims that carrying low (bump is lower down on the mother's abdomen) means this.
What is having a boy?
Kris only did this twice during early pregnancy, once on Christmas Eve and once on Christmas Day.
What is throw up?
The root word for infant is infans and it means this in Latin.
What is unable to speak?
A mother’s diet can affect this characteristic after the baby is born.
What is the baby’s food preference?
Until about 7 months old, babies can do this efficient action that adults cannot.
What is swallow and breath at the same time?
Eating this type of food is supposed to induce labor.
What is spicy food?
This is Kris’ most annoying pregnancy symptom.
What is having to pee all the time?
1 in every 2000 babies are born with these, which they typically lose shortly after birth.
What are natal teeth or “egg teeth”?
A normal fetal heart rate is much faster than an adult’s, in this range.
What is 120 bpm to 150 bpm?
Only 5% of babies can claim this birth statistic.
What is to be naturally born on their due date.
Contrary to myth, breastfeeding does not reliably prevent this.
What is getting pregnant again.
This is Kris' favorite part of being pregnant.
What is talking to the baby (because now when she talks to herself, someone is listening).
Couvade Syndrome is when this happens during pregnancy.
What is a partner experiencing sympathetic pregnancy symptoms?