Babies cry in the womb, and 18 other surprising facts I learned when I became a dad
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First came the awe and elation at my wife's pregnancy. We were finally starting a family!In the next moment, an oh s**t-level panic sunk in.
To counter the fear of becoming new parents we both read. And read and read and read.
We rounded up about a dozen science-backed books, scanned countless research studies, downloaded pregnancy apps, and shared hundreds of articles with each other over the following months.
During that flood of information, a handful of surprising facts floated above the rest, and I've collected them here.
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What follows may not surprise an obstetrician, or even seasoned parents, yet nonetheless highlights the extraordinary human journey that is pregnancy.
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