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Fun, Quirky Pregnancy Facts

2/27/2015

By the time a pregnant woman delivers her baby, her blood volume will increase (on average) 50%.
A pregnant woman’s body at rest uses more energy that her partner’s body while exercising.
A woman will produce more estrogen during one pregnancy than she will in her entire life.
Progesterone helps a woman’s uterus increase from the size of a pear to a size large enough to house a full-term baby (think good size watermelon!).
Pregnancy hormones tend to darken the skin pigmentation of the areola (skin around the nipple).
It is common for pregnant women to have a higher threshold for strong salty, sour, and sweet tastes.
Most pregnant women report a perceived increase in their sensitivity to odors.
A pregnant woman’s heart beats up to 15 times more per minute (to help with the increase in blood volume).
Pregnant women consume 10-20% more oxygen at rest than non-pregnant women.
At 37.5 degrees Celsius the temperature of amniotic fluid is higher than that of the mother’s body.
Nerve cells or neurons are produced in the fetus at an average rate of 250,000 per minute.
Hyperpigmentation or excessive color in skin occurs 90% of all pregnant women.
One in every two thousand babies is born with a tooth.
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.
A pregnant woman’s blood clots faster (in preparing for delivery).