{"id":3310,"date":"2019-01-26T16:32:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryoviva.com.sg\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2023-05-25T18:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T10:19:08","slug":"powered-up-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontarget-media.com\/cryoviva_new\/powered-up-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Powered-up Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3310\" class=\"elementor elementor-3310\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1886caa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1886caa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f44d1bf\" data-id=\"f44d1bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da02c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2da02c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Powered-up Pregnancy<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e17bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e17bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/ontarget-media.com\/cryoviva_new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/df-1024x731.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3311\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ontarget-media.com\/cryoviva_new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/df-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ontarget-media.com\/cryoviva_new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/df-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ontarget-media.com\/cryoviva_new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/df-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ontarget-media.com\/cryoviva_new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/df.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c307a44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c307a44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>You don\u2019t have to take a dip in radioactive waste to get superpowers \u2013 just make a baby! Understand the sensory changes that women undergo during pregnancy and how one should understand and cope with these changes. Also note some of the strange and unexpected facts related to pregnancy. <br \/><\/em><\/p><p>Okay, so you may not be able to move around with swan-like grace or bend down to pick up a pen, but you may discover yourself developing a few enhanced abilities courtesy of your baby bump.Just ask Kelly Clarkson. Back in 2015, the original American Idol told USA TODAYthat she was able to sing better when she was expecting her first child, River Rose Blackstock. \u201cI was just more passionate,\u201d shared the singer. \u201cThe vocals were more intense, and I loved recording.\u201d While there\u2019s no scientific explanation why, Kelly personally believes her vocal abilities improved because she was more in tuned with her feelings and emotions while pregnant.<\/p><p>She isn\u2019t the only mama to feel imbued with extraordinary pregnancy powers. During those nine months, a woman\u2019s body experiences a myriad of changes.Aside from the obvious physical transformation, a 2016 study published by Nature Neurosciencerevealed that pregnancy causes a significant overhaul to the brain that lasts for two years after birth. After performing detailed anatomical brain scans on a group of women, the research revealed that their brains adapted to motherhood by increasing social awareness to make mothers more sensitive to the needs of their babies.If growing a small human inside you can trigger a redesign of the brain itself, what else can manifest because of pregnancy? Like how a person in a life-and-death situation can summon extreme strength, do we trigger a hidden reserve of superpowers the moment new life starts to flicker within us?<\/p><p><strong>Sensory Overdrive<\/strong><\/p><p>One of the hallmarks of pregnancy is the wacky rollercoaster of hormonal changes. The rise and fall of various hormones doesn\u2019t just affect your mood, it also alters your senses. Food cravings or aversions,as well as nausea, are familiar ways super senses affect you during pregnancy and is caused by a keener sense of smell and turbo-charged taste buds.<\/p><p>Through a casual survey, we found that super smell was the most common sensory abnormality mamas experienced, especially during the early stages of pregnancy. At 20 weeks, first-time mum Constance Lim swears her newly acquired super sniffer can detect rain way before storm clouds start to gather. According to a joint studyby San Diego State University and Ume\u00e5 University, it would seem that most pregnant women share these sensory changes. Their research found that 76 percent of expectant mothers reported having abnormal smell or taste perception, and in some cases experienced both.<\/p><p>Science is undecided on whether heightened pregnancy senses serve any benefit to mothers and their unborn children. Some researchers believe that sensitivity to odours and tastes helps expectant mums to identify any chemicals that may be harmful to the foetus. This explains why some pregnant women gag at the smell or taste of stuff like coffee, cigarettes, and alcohol. In fact, there was astudyout of Stanford University that suggested that there is evidence that women who experience nausea were less likely to miscarry.<\/p><p>Your nose and tongue aren\u2019t the only ones that get an upgrade during pregnancy. Many pregnant women have reported having bat-like hearing, which is believed to be another side effect of hormonal changes. This can cause you to hear little annoying details you usually miss, like the background static on the radio or the amplified sounds of someone breathing. Though it isn\u2019t clear why, scientists at the Max Planck Institute discoveredthat expectant mamas were more sensitiveto music, so much so that it affected their blood pressure more significantly compared to non-pregnant women. The results have led them to theorise that growing foetuses are conditioned to music perception while still in the womb through the intense physiological music responses of theirs mothers. The research backs up this theory by noting that music can cause change in heartbeat and movement patterns of the foetus during the third trimester. Guess you\u2019re never too young to be a music lover.<\/p><p><strong>Weirdly Wonderful<\/strong><\/p><p>Pregnant women may have to battle morning sickness, back pains, and the constant need to pee \u2013 but it is wiser not to underestimate them. The last thing you want to do is get caught lying to a mummy-to-be. Women are naturally intuitive creatures and having a bun in the oven can amplify their emotional sensitivity, transforming them into human lie-detectors. A studypublished back in 2009, suggested that the raging hormones that cause mood swings also make them hyper-vigilant to facial expressions during late pregnancy, giving them emotion-reading powers to rival the Mentalist. This enhanced emotional sensitivity may be an evolutionary adaption, the research adds, meant to prepare women for the demands of nurturing and protecting a little one.<\/p><p>A striking number of mamas claims that pregnancy turns their brain to mush and cause them to make poor decisions and become absent-minded.Just a myth or something more? A recentstudyfrom Deakin University found that expectant mothers didn\u2019t do as well as non-pregnant women on tasks measuring attention, decision-making, planning, and memory. However, you may need to take these results with a pinch of salt. Some studies have refuted the idea of pregnancy brain and suggested that the influx of hormones can improve brain communication. New mama Karina Ng for one, shares that she felt more focused and became more productive during those nine months. Other than making a small human being inside her, Karina picked up piano again, learned how to swim, and managed to summon the discipline to cook more regularly.<\/p><p>And then there are the powers that science cannot explain. Mother-of-three Alice Lee claims that her pregnancy opened her up to supernatural experiences, including one foreboding dream in which her husband\u2019s old friend visited her in her sleep and hinted at a favour to retrieve something of his. The oddest part, she says, was that she barely knew him well.<\/p><p>Of course, it is possible not to experience any of these \u201csuperpowers\u201d. After all, no two pregnancies are alike. Mama Shirley Teo tells us the only thing she remembers is constantly feeling exhausted. \u201cI napped so much,\u201d she says. \u201cYou\u2019ll be surprised how going to the bathroom every few minutes can really tire you out.\u201d<\/p><p>Stephanie Ang, mother-of-two, shares Shirley\u2019s sentiments, but isn\u2019t too bothered about missing out. \u201cI already feel super knowing I\u2019m creating life inside me,\u201d she says.\u201cEspecially when I can feel my baby moving inside me, that never fails to amaze.\u201d<\/p><p><strong><em>The Strange and Unexpected Facts of Expectancy<\/em><\/strong><\/p><ol><li><em>The uterus expands more than 500 times its normal size.<\/em><\/li><li><em>At the end of your pregnancy, the placenta produces more oestrogen a day than you usually do in three years.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Pregnant and new mums can lactate automatically at the sound of a crying baby that\u2019s not even their own.<\/em><\/li><li><em>During pregnancy, 90 percent of women will experience a change in their skintone.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Feet aren\u2019t the only ones that grow when you\u2019re expecting, the size of a mother\u2019s heart increasesas more blood is needed to sustain the pregnancy.\u00a0<\/em><\/li><\/ol><p><em><strong>Find more articles offering practical\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cryoviva.com.sgpregnancy-mother-baby-care-tips\/\">pregnancy, maternity and parenthood tips<\/a>\u00a0on our site. 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