mobile - BTDT moms Heartburn/Hair CP
I'm sure everyone has heard the OWT about having a lot heartburn means your baby will be born with a lot of hair. As someone who has heartburn almost every day, I'm curious to hear from BTDT moms and see if this was true for them or not.
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Re: BTDT moms Heartburn/Hair CP
Mom to Cam and Al, now expecting baby number 3, August 2016. Praying for lots of sticky baby dust!
M/C #2 - October 2016
MMC #1 - April 2016
This isn't an OWT- they have done several studies now (Im looking for the one that was done at John's Hopkins) and they have proven it to be true.
And Im sure my kid is coming out with as much hair as Ive got for the amount of heartburn Im having
J+E ~ 08/25/2007 DD#1 ~ 05/11/2010 DD#2 ~ 09/25/2013 DD#3 ~ 06/09/2016 Baby #4 Due ~ 01/16/2023
Here is a pic of my son when he was born. I had zero heartburn.
The Mob Boss
Birth: 10lbs 11oz, 21.5 inches <> 1 mo: 14lbs 7oz, 23.5 inches2mo: 18lbs 15oz, 25.5 inches <> 4mo: 26lbs 8oz, 27.5 inches6mo: 29lbs 8oz, 30 inches <> 9mo: 32lbs, 32 inches12 mo: 37lbs, 34.5 inches <> 15 mo: 38lbs 6 oz, 36 inches. 20.5 inch noggin18 mo: 43lbs, 37.75 inches 21 inch head2yr: 47 lbs, 42 inches. 21.5 inch head. Woah.
There is actual scientific evidence regarding the correlation between the amount of heartburn the mother has and the amount of hair the baby is born with. This isn't an OWT anymore.
In spite of the studies done, I had very little heartburn and DS was born with a head full of hair. I have heartburn almost daily with this little lady and I'd be shocked if she didn't have hair at birth. Both DH and I (as well as DS) had a ton of dark spiky hair at birth.
Interesting responses so far, thanks ladies!
Almost all of the OWTs about gender were wrong for us so I'm really curious to see how this one turns out, OWT or not. 61 more days!
Thank you KarmamelSutra for the visual -- my DS had about this much hair as this pic and I had a moderate amount of heartburn. Really not one of my main pg symptoms but definitely there in the 3rd tri most days. This one seems the same so far.
I've been battling heartburn since about 20 weeks. It is awful. TUMS worked at first but they don't even touch it now. My doc told me to start taking Pepic so I've started that and it is working for now. We asked our U/S tech if she could tell if our babies had hair. When she looked, she said they have a little but not much that she could see.....so we will have to see when they are delivered. I may just break the wivestale. :-)
This time, as long as I don't eat anything red, real or artificial, I haven't gotten heartburn.
ETA I barely had any hair when I was born, and I don't think DH had much either.