30 Random Facts About Pregnancy

11. Stimulating the nipple is the only scientifically proven way to induce labour.

12. A 16 year old girl born without a vagina opening fell pregnant after performing oral sex and then being stabbed in a knife fight.  A healthy baby boy was born 9 months later – much to the shock of the mother and medical staff.

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13. Babies in the womb drink up to a litre of amniotic fluid per day. They pee it out, then drink it all over again!

14. Baby girls are born with every egg they will ever need in their lifetime.  Boys have to wait until puberty to grow sperm.

15. One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.  Scary!

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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