{"id":15454,"date":"2013-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-pregnancy-pregnancy-heartburn-and-the-hairy-baby\/"},"modified":"2013-05-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T00:00:00","slug":"condition-pregnancy-pregnancy-heartburn-and-the-hairy-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-pregnancy-pregnancy-heartburn-and-the-hairy-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy, Heartburn, and the Hairy Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
Now that I am in my 26th week of pregnancy, I am experiencing some serious heartburn<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unlike my previous term pregnancies, I now understand that heartburn means something more than a burning esophagus every time I bend down, drink a cup of tea, or eat an orange. It may also mean that my fetus is growing hair.<\/p>\n According to a Johns Hopkins study published in Birth<\/a><\/em>, there is a correlation between the severity of a pregnant woman's heartburn and the amount of hair her baby has upon birth.<\/p>\n The researchers speculate that the same hormones that cause me to wake up sloshing with digestive fluids may also be the ones that dictate my daughters' hair growth.<\/p>\n Based on the results in my own family, I believe this theory is true.<\/p>\n While pregnant with my first daughter, I had occasional waves of heartburn, like a strange, almost cool sensation that would rise up my esophagus. It was never abjectly uncomfortable, and I didn't require any form of medication or diet change.<\/p>\n Next Page: Whoa! This kid has a lot of hair!<\/a> [ pagebreak ]The first indication that they were right came from my OB, who checked my dilating cervix the morning that my labor started.<\/p>\n Instead of telling me how many centimeters I had dilated, he said, "Whoa! This kid has a lot of hair!" It was so long, he could feel her hair <\/em>pushing against my cervix.<\/p>\n amelia-150<\/span> long before the Johns Hopkins research).<\/p>\n
baby-hair-150<\/span> , which includes "lots of Tums," of course. (We'll have to check back in and find out how much hair her baby has, too.)<\/p>\n