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Old Wives Tale?

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Twinzmommy2B
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Old Wives Tale?

My mother keeps telling me that if you have heartburn, that means the baby will have hair! I have had horrible heartburn the past month or two and the sono tech could see yesterday that Chat Icon Chat Icon had a little bit of hair! Has anyone else heard this before?

Posted 5/13/11 3:28 PM
 
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KevinNKristin8-15-08
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

Yes. Apparently it has some truth to it too. When you have heartburn it raises your estrogen levels which in turn cause hair growth.

I had bad heartburn during my pregnancy and my dd came out with a full head of hair!!!

Posted 5/13/11 4:29 PM
 

Smileyd17
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

no truth to it....my DD gave me HB, no hair. bald for quite some time.

My two Chat Icon Chat Icon gave me EVEN more HB. def due to all the pressure they were putting on my stomach and whatever organs I had.

Born with itty bitty hair.

My sis had no HB and both her kids came out with hair and practically needed haircuts! Chat Icon

Posted 5/13/11 4:50 PM
 

Junebaby41
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

I heard this too. I have terrible heartburn and I was told my Chat Icon has a full head of hair.

Posted 5/13/11 6:07 PM
 

windest
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Windy

Re: Old Wives Tale?

I didnt have heartburn but my Chat Icon was born with lots of hair!

Posted 5/13/11 10:42 PM
 

memi7206
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Due Dec 29th!!!!!

Re: Old Wives Tale?

I had the most god awful, painful heartburn ever with DS. So much so that I had to sleep sitting up. He was born with just a normal amount of baby hair, not a full head.

Posted 5/13/11 11:00 PM
 

nrthshgrl
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

No truth on my end.

I had heartburn with both & wound up with baldies - well past the age of 2.

Posted 5/14/11 8:37 AM
 

kelkel09
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

i posted something about this wives tale the other day because i am convinced I must be having little monkey babies with all the heartburn i have been havingChat Icon

Posted 5/14/11 8:49 AM
 

MrsPJB2007
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

Have heard of this one before -- and no idea if it will be true for me or not. But I've had friends who said it didn't mean a thing to them.

Posted 5/14/11 8:50 AM
 

wingsofsong
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

I read up on this during my last pregnancy because I had terrible heartburn! It is often true- apparently the same hormone that causes heartburn also causes hair growth. It was definitely true for me- my son was born with a full head of dark hair!

Posted 5/14/11 8:51 AM
 

OMG3under2
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

No truth on my end. Tons of heartburn + little hair on both DC.

Posted 5/14/11 8:53 AM
 

lesliemike
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Leslie

Re: Old Wives Tale?

I had horrible heartburn and Chat Icon Chat Icon had LOTS of hair! We could even see it on the sono!

Posted 5/14/11 10:48 AM
 

chrisnjoe8108
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Chris

Re: Old Wives Tale?

I have very bad heartburn. The pain is excruciating at times. We saw lots and lots of hair on my little guys sono

Posted 5/14/11 11:46 AM
 

Nayia
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Penny

Re: Old Wives Tale?

the truth is that the reason why pregnancy causes heartburn is because the as ur uterus grow it pushes on ur stomach and pushes acid up ur esophagus.
Not only that but the increase in progesterone in ur body makes all of ur joints and valves looser... so the valve that closes between the stomach and the esophagus is much looser making u prone to loose acid.. hence the heart burn.

BUT its fun to hear the Old Wives Tales and make u wonder what ur LO might look like.

Posted 5/14/11 12:51 PM
 

renee92405
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

I didn't have heart burn and DD was born with a full head of hair.
I thought for sure the baby would be born bald.

Posted 5/14/11 2:32 PM
 

Kmarie36
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Re: Old Wives Tale?

I only had heartburn at the very end and DD was born with a ton of hair.

Posted 5/14/11 10:52 PM
 

Dani520
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Member since 9/06

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Danielle

Re: Old Wives Tale?

I had the worst heartburn ever with DS (mylanta was my best friend), but he was a definite baldie!

Posted 5/15/11 8:30 AM
 
 

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