If you have a lot of heart burn will your baby be born with a lot of hair?

Question

or is this just a wives tale

Answer 1

Definetely not true at all!!!!!! I had no heartburnand my babies head was full of hair. He is 2 mths.

Answer 2

Just an old wive's tale. You get heartburn because of the baby, not because the baby has hair.

Answer 3

I had heartbirn so bad when i was pregnant and my son was born with hair but not lots of hair so i would have to say old wives tale because my sister had a baby that had lots and lots of hair and she never had heartburn.

Answer 4

It's a wives tale, but it's been true in my case.

Answer 5

It's an old wives tale - the heartburn in pregnancy is caused by the softening of the valve that prevents the stomach acid refluxing up your gullet;  everything softens during pregnancy so it can move up to make room for the baby.  I couldnt even lie down at all during the last month of pregnancy because of heartburn.  I think as an old wives tale goes though it's quite a fun one!

Answer 6

It's an old wives tale...  Not true at all!  You get heartburn because there is a lot of pressure on your digestive system, that's all. It's all about how you carry your baby:)  

(My first was born with TONS of hair--and I had no heartburn.  The second one was born with some hair, but I had the worst heartburn I've ever dealt with in my life!)

Answer 7

Well, that is what they say.  In my case it was true.  But i think most pregnant women get some kind of heartburn during their pregnancy.  

Answer 8

Not true.  I had the worst heartburn and my daughter did not have hair for over a year.  Her first hair cut was well after 18 months.

Answer 9

It's an old wives tale-my middle son was born with dark brown curls, loads of them, yet I haven't suffered heart burn with any of my pregnancies.

Answer 10

id say for me it was true,  with my first baby my son, I had NO heart burn ever.... and he was bald......... with my daughter I had it alllllllllllllllllllll the time but she is super hairy...... I kinda figured she'd be hairy her dad is.,..........

Answer 11

Wives tale...but also true in my case. I started taking Tums from about 3months...In my 4th month they weren't cutting it anymore and asked the doctor for something stronger! My daughter just turned one and she's already had two haircuts!

Answer 12

this is definitely an old wives tale... i had horrible heartburn while i was pregnant, but my baby has little hair.

Answer 13

some say its a myth but i think it true cause i had the worst heartburn while i was pregnant n my baby came out with a head full of hair n she had hair all over her body with my first baby i had very lil heartburn n he was half bold kinda look like he had a molet lol

Answer 14

they say it is an old wives tale..but let me tell you..

i never had heartburn in my LIFE until my first pregnancy. then i had heartburn so bad i was consuming a large large bottle of antacids every week. i gave birth, it went away.

i got pregnant again (the babies are 19 months apart) and i had heartburn so bad that i had to be put on zantac because it put me in the hospital a few times!! i gave birth, it went away.

both children had SO MUCH HAIR..the 3 week old has so much hair that i think i will have to cut it in a week to keep it out of his eyes!!

the 20 month old had so much hair when he was born that i had to cut it when he was 3 months old even though i really wanted to wait until he was a year old (superstition..lol)

so, they say it's an old wive's tale..but im not so sure..

Answer 15

I believe it to be true! When I was prego with my 1st daughter, I had heartburn so bad i had to be put on medication. Full head of hair!

2nd pregnancy and no heartburn and my daughter is as bald as a cue ball!