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Am pregnant if am hungry is my baby hungry as well?

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No: Hunger is a complex idea based on stomach signals to the brain & patterns we follow for feeding intervals.The developing fetus is fed continuously by nutrients transferred through the placenta.Babies stomach in inactive except to process small amounts of swallowed amniotic fluid/debris.Babies develop a true hunger only after having been fed orally multiple times & deciding that makes them feel gd.

Answered 7/11/2017

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