The heaviest baby ever born was a boy weighed 22 pounds, eight ounces. He was born in Italy in 1955.

If you want to increase your chances of having twins, eat more yams! A tribe in Africa whose diet consists mostly of yams was found to have very high rates of twins and multiple births.

Motherhood makes you smarter. Even though pregnancy can take a toll on your body (largely because your baby eats first – grabbing the nutrients he/she needs and leaving you the leftovers – this is why you should eat healthy), during and after pregnancy, your efficiency, resiliency, perception, and motivation will all improve.

And your sense of smell and taste gets sharper.. Some scientists say that this is a protection mechanism. Your body becomes hyper-protective against possible toxins, making you sensitive to avoid toxin levels that might be fine for adults but could be dangerous to an unborn baby.

The bad news – your feet may get larger during pregnancy. The good news is that they usually go back to normal size after the baby is born.

And yes, you really are glowing. And no, it’s not just that you are excited about being pregnant. While you are pregnant, the amount of blood in your body will increase by 50%. This extra blood ends up showing through the skin in many areas, particularly the cheeks. And on top of this, hormones cause your oil glands to become more active, resulting in softer shinier skin. So, you definitely “glow”.

The youngest mother ever is reported to be a five-year-old girl in Peru who gave birth to a baby boy in 1939. Her father took her to the hospital for an abnormal abdominal growth and tests found she was 7 months pregnant.

The world’s longest pregnancy was 375 days – over one year long! And the baby weighed a little less than seven pounds.