Children are the first detectors of pregnancies...really!?

Question

When I was 17 I was pregnant. I didn't know it, but my sister who was only 3 did. We were laying in the bed one day and she started rubbing my stomach and putting her head on it. She had NEVER did this before and she just kept doing and giggling. Is there something out there scientific that supports this phenominon? Also, a friend of mine was pregnant and our mutual friends son all of a sudden started being mean to her...when we asked him why, he said, because its a boy in there...come to find out later she was pregnant with a boy. Please post any ideas, facts or links.

Answer 1

i dont know if there is proof but a little boy in my preschool class told his mom that miss. erin was going to have a baby and i had not even TOLD anyone at work yet! and i am having a girl so everytime i tried to hold a coworkers newborn girl she would cry! they said at work it was b/c she was jelous

Answer 2

thats really interesting. but didn't happen to me so i dont know.

Answer 3

no... that just a coincidence or maybe your lil sister has the baby radar...lol just kidding

Answer 4

I can't explain it and don't know of any "scentific" evidence for it, but I have seen it happen too many times for it to be some sort of co-incidence.

My fourth child knew I was pregnant with my fifth before I did, which is a bit of an achievement given that I am a midwife and my husband is an OB/GYN and neither of us had a clue at the time.  He was about 5 at the time, and just announced he was setting an extra place at dinner one night "for the bubba".  What bubba?  The bubba in your tummy, mummy.  Sure enough, two days later, positive test.  

Weird.

Answer 5

I do believe that children are more intune with things then adults, but I don't think that every single one of them can detect if you are pregnant or not.

Answer 6

wow thats really something. i think kids have some kind of thing where they can detect thing that we cant. maybe thats why kids are so innocent. i wish there was a place where we can name this or something cuz i think its really real. im 13 goig on 14 and ive seen this with older friends i have who have kids theyre kids know each other before they met them. and they click so well so maybe thats another thing to look into.