Amazing Facts About Babies In The Womb

Learn some truly amazing facts that they undergo from conception to birth.

Unbelievable Growth : During the nine months between conception and birth, a baby’s weight increases 3,000 million times. On average. And this doesn’t even take into account for multiple births.

Babies Eat Before Mom : Much like after they are born, babies eat first. Using the umbilical, they take the nutrients they need and leave mom the rest. This is why it’s so important for a woman to eat a healthy diet during pregnancy.

It’s All About The Heart : Prenatal babies take less than a month to develop and begin using their heart. On average it takes only 18 days from conception.

I Can Hear You : In another amazing accomplishment before the first month of the first trimester, they have begun to form their hearing. Vision and respiratory systems also form.

What Are You Thinking About? : Although what they are thinking isn’t certain, the brain waves of a fetus can be recorded. This usually happens at the 42nd day after conception.

Their First Pacifier : Babies don’t wait until they are outside the womb to begin sucking their thumb. In this blog entry, Rambling Madwoman shows you her ultrasound at seven weeks, along with the adorable pictures of thumb sucking and other details.

All Systems Go : Although they are not running at full speed, babies have developed or begun to develop all of their bodily systems before the second month of the first trimester is over. It usually happens by the eighth week after conception.

Womb, Schmomb : A babies chances of surviving outside the womb under intensive medical care can happen at around after the six month period. A prenatal baby that is 26 weeks old after conception has over a 50% chance of surviving.

Their First Cry : While the doctor spanking them at birth might sound like their first cries, they aren’t. Babies can cry at the 26 week mark after conception. They even have taste buds, which might explain some of their crying.

But Can They Laugh? : The short answer is “no.” However, babies on ultrasound are seen to react to their mother’s laughing by bouncing up and down. This can happen in as little as 32 weeks after conception.