33 Weird Things You Won’t Know Unless You’re A Parent

Do you remember ever telling your parents they were weird? Well, guess what, once you’re already showing signs of getting that bun out of the oven, you’re bound to become weird yourself too.

Exactly how weird can parents-to-be get? Let me count the ways for you.

1. Dance their way to labour

Like these two mums who quite accurately performed some crazy dance moves just to get their labour started. In case you aren’t up for dancing, you could also try having sex (woohoo!), eating spicy food, acupuncture or drinking castor oil can do the job.

2. Labour shakes

The uncontrollable shaking you could or will probably experience while giving birth, as well as the whirlwind of emotions that you feel during your pregnancy, are caused by hormones.

3. Poop during childbirth

It’s totally normal and while you try to push out the baby out of your vagina, you probably won’t care if something else comes out of your arsehole, too. The doctors and nurses won’t care about it either — they’ve all gotten used to it.

4. There’s one more pushing after the baby’s out

You probably think you’ve finally gotten through the hardship once the baby’s out but there’s one more pushing to be done — don’t forget to get the placenta out, too.

5. Eat placenta

And speaking of placentas, a lot of mums seems to have been joining the trend of eating their placentas, often in pill form, since it is said to have benefits such as increasing milk supply and lowering the likelihood of post-partum depression. Mums might be saddened to find out that there could be no truth to these claims at all, according to a new study.

6. Get a husband stitch

Mums often tear to enable more room for the baby to get out. Some obstetricians would offer to give mums what is called the husband stitch to help tighten up the entrance of a woman’s vagina. This is a very questionable but thankfully less common practice though.

7. Baby’s first stool are dark, thick and tar-like

Don’t be surprised why your baby’s first poop look very dark and out of this world. It’s nasty stuff but meconium, or the dark green substance forming the first feces of an infant, should be out in a couple of days.