Pregnancy statistics show how mums really feel
These pregnancy percentages reveal how mums-to-be felt during their nine months
- 51% of people worry they may have left it too late for a trouble free conception
- 92% of people feel that 30 and under is the perfect age to have children
- 24% of people feel that 25 is the ideal age to start a family
- 33% of women do not know at what point in their menstrual cycle they are most likely to get pregnant
- 70% of women take no steps to find out when they are most likely to conceive
- 33% of women say that conception took longer than they expected
- 41% of pregnant women develop weakness of the bladder
- 34% of mums-to-be suffer from constipation
- 32% of mums-to-be have pregnancy related flatulence
- 25% of pregnant women have random breast leakage
- 21% of pregnant women report an increase in body hair
- 14% of pregnant women develop excessive sweating
- 13% of mums-to-be develop acne during pregnancy
- 75% of pregnant women report experiencing cravings
- 31% of pregnant women crave unusual, non-food items – including ice, toothpaste, sponges and mud
- 17% of women with unusual cravings report craving coal
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- 22% of hospital births are by caesarean
- 10% of doula-assisted hospital births are by caesarean
- 21% of women who employ a birth doula have a home birth
- 80% of women are offered a choice of where to give birth at the start of their pregnancy
- 50% of women are offered home births
- 50% of women who are offered a choice feel they aren’t given enough information
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