“Unbelievable and Bizarre: 18 Shocking Pregnancy Facts That Will Change How You View Expecting Mothers!”

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2. In the second half of pregnancy, your baby will urinate about a liter per day. And then they drink it.

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3. Over the course of the pregnancy, the uterus stretches from the size of a peach to roughly the size of a medium watermelon. That’s about 500 times its normal size.

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4. When nearing the end of pregnancy, a woman’s placenta produces more estrogen in one day than a non-pregnant woman will produce in three years.

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5. Extra fluid and water retention can cause pregnant women’s feet to grow up to one full shoe size.

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6. It is totally possible to be pregnant for an entire year. The longest pregnancy on record was reportedly 375 days long.

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7. Chances of a multiple birth increase with tall or overweight mothers.

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8. Pregnant women really do experience a heightened sense of smell, which is basically the body’s way of steering them away from food that would be bad for the baby.

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9. It’s common for women to experience change in skin tone during pregnancy. It happens about 90% of the time.

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10. The baby’s fingerprints are formed within the first three months of pregnancy.

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11. Newborns are getting heavier and heavier. Recently, a woman gave birth to an infant weighing 15 lbs and 7 oz.

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12. Blood flow increases during pregnancy, so occasional nosebleeds and bloody gums are common.

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13. Studies have shown that babies can taste what the mother is eating. Strong flavors like garlic are especially able to pass through the amniotic fluid.

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