8 Amazing Things Babies Can Feel Inside the Tummy
Mothers are often convinced that their babies, still in their belly, are already able to respond to stimuli almost as if they were in a conversation.
This may sound like Mom’s excitement, but know that’s the truth. Inside the womb, babies begin to develop their senses, balance and emotions, and they feel a lot of what happens to the mother.
Even the tone of voice, the feelings and the reactions that he manages to grasp are fundamental to the child’s emotional development in the future.
Know a little more about the development of the baby and enjoy every moment of interaction with him:
1. Change of position of the mother
At the beginning of the second trimester of gestation, at week 17, infants develop their sense of balance and become able to tell when the mother changes position. This can be felt when the mother exercises, sits, lifts or lies, for example.
2. The beating of your heart
Your baby is the only person who feels your heart beating inside you, have you thought of that? From the 10th week, even in the first trimester, babies are able to perceive the heartbeat. This is one of the reasons why they are so fond of being in the lap, near the area of ??their mother’s chest.
3. Your baby really listens to you.
In the second trimester, between the 18th and the 24th weeks, the baby develops his / her hearing system, listening to the outside environment. Thus, he creates an affective bond with the voices he listens to in his belly and is able to recognize them after birth, which helps him to feel safe.
4. Affection in the belly
It’s true: massaging the belly is good for the baby. At four months, the baby can already feel the touch, and the affection in the belly generates a feeling of comfort for the next life.
5. Bad emotions
Unfortunately, that old story that pregnant women should not be nervous about is true. When the mother becomes tense or anxious, her body releases an adrenaline rush of blood through the placenta and accelerates the baby’s heartbeat.
6. Good emotions
In the same way you can sense the tension, the baby also feels when his mother is happy. This happens because of the release of hormones such as serotonin and endorphin, which are related to well-being.
7. Taste of amniotic fluid
From the ninth week of gestation, the baby already has the mouth, tongue and tiny taste buds formed, but it is in the last trimester that he begins to taste the amniotic fluid. The taste of the liquid changes according to the mother’s diet, and babies can grimace when they feel a dislike to them. In general, they prefer the sweet taste.
8. Music and language
Even if he does not understand the meaning of the words, the baby still in the belly is able to learn the rhythm and sounds of the spoken language from the outside. There are even reports of mothers who have spent all their pregnancies in another country, speaking another language, and their children had difficulty learning their mother tongue – perhaps because they did not know the sounds and cadence of the tongue still in the womb.
In relation to music, they usually like the sound of piano and corals, which resemble the pattern of the human voice. After birth, they can recognize melodies they heard inside Mom’s belly.
As you can see, even though they are isolated from the outside world by the mother’s body, babies are able to see much of what happens to the mother and the environment.
So, enjoy the gestation to dedicate as much love and affection as possible to your child, since he will be able to perceive and remember it after birth.
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