What's the strangest/most amazing thing you learned (or myth you heard) during pregnancy?

Question

I find out strange and wonderful things all the time.. but sometimes I wonder if they're true. Do your breast really start leaking when a baby cries - any baby?!

What have you learned?

Answer 1

um...for some women you do leak...my mother in law would leak so bad she would drip!--yes any baby for her  

I on the other had rarely had my milk come in until the baby was latched on and eating.  

The amazing way your body prepares to have a child.  Like all the muscles involved.  There are three types of muscles around your uterus that is helping squeeze that baby out.  

Also the totally cool way breast-milk develops with the baby....so if you have a baby 2 months early...your breast-milk will be different than if you would give birth 2 days late.   And as the baby gets older, your milk still changes and gives them what they need.

No one told me that breastfeeding hurt like a mother....but it does go away....if you can out-last it.  But others told me they had pain for maybe 2 weeks and then bam it was gone.

I also was really concerned I would swear and scream when giving birth---which is totally not me.  But I went to 8 cm before I had pain killer,  I didn't scream once or swear at all.  I learned that I could control the way I was acting and concentration on the contraction instead of letting it control me really helped.  

I could go on and on and on....child birth is totally awe-inspiring!

I also learned you CAN NOT read too much, be too prepared, or have too much information.  Read Read Read everything you can get your hands on!!  About birth, about newborns, and about children

Answer 2

freckles can appear at any age .. yep was about 6 months pregnant and noticed as i came out of the shower that i had lots of freckles on my chest and back .. that weren't there before .. doc told me it was rare but yep .. such things happen

being pregnant is awesome .. seeing, holding, smelling, touching ur child for the first time .. simply WOW!