Motherhood health facts

For Mother’s Day, here are some facts on motherhood:

• Less than 5% of babies are born on their due date.
• Babies born in May are the heaviest.
• The heaviest baby ever born weighed 22 pounds 8 ounces and was born in Italy.
• When a woman is pregnant, the amount of blood in her body increases by 50%.
• The average length of labor is 6 1/2 hours.
• Pain medication during childbirth was not accepted until Queen Victoria inhaled chloroform during the birth of her eight child, Prince Leopold in 1853.
• The average baby goes through 3360 diapers their first year.
• In the first year after birth, the average parent is deprived of 663 hours of sleep.