quiz
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Since you were conceived only one thing happened. You simply grew. But do you know how?

Do you know what you looked like two weeks after conception?

Do you know the amazing facts about the first nine months of your life?

Take this quick quiz to find out

Question 1
you started swimming and doing back flips

A when your mother was 6 months pregnant
B 6 weeks pregnant
C 8 months pregnant

B Around the time your mother learned she was pregnant, you could swim a mean backstroke. Your favourite technique was a little backwards walk, leading with your head. 

Question 2
if you kept growing all 9 months as you did during your second, you would have been born as big as:

A arnold schwarzenneger
B an M-I tank
C a pair of oversized elephants

C It's a good thing you slowed down after the second month, or your birth weight would have been 14 tons. Let daddy try bouncing that on his knee!

Question 3
When did you most likely feel pain for the first time?

A when they cut your umbilical cord
B when your mother was 9 weeks pregnant
C after your first lunch in the school canteen

B By nine weeks all the structures necessary for pain sensation are functioning. You would try your hardest to avoid the source of the pain 

Question 4
By the time your mother found out she was pregnant, you were:

A a tiny speck, smaller than a full stop
B a minature human with arms, legs & heart
C a ball of cells, the size of a marble

B By eight weeks after conception, all systems were go: skeletal, nervous, digestive, circulatory and respiratory. The only job left was to refine what you already had

Question 5
You first began to shake a leg:

A 3 months into the pregnancy
B at 4 months
C when you heard Oasis for the first time

B At only a couple of months you started to shake, rattle and roll, but you were too little for mum to notice. By four or five months, however, she swore you had a blackbelt in karate

Question 6
5 months into the pregnancy you got a lot of hiccups because:

A you swallowed amniotic fluid
B you diaphragm was being formed
C you drank too much 7up

B Not only does amniotic fluid make a cushy 'water-bed' but it's also full of glucose (sugar). Swallowing was good practice for your digestive system and made for a healthier baby

Question 7
Before you were born, your skin was: 

A as wrinkled as a raisin
B as waxy as a statute from the was museum
C both of the above

C About half way through the pregnancy, you had lots of nice skin but not much fat to fill it out. That's why premature babies look wrinkled - they need more 'meat on their bones.' The wax works effect was caused by the vernix, a thick whitish cream that covered your skin to protect it from the amniotic fluid

Question 8
When did you first starting using your brain?

A When your mum was 8 weeks pregnant
B 40 days after conception
C if you haven't started using your brain, go to next question

B Foetal electronic brainwaves have been traced as early as the 6th week. What do you suppose you were thinking about?

Question 9
When was the colour of your hair determined?

A at conception
B 3 months into the pregnancy
C only your hairdresser knows for sure

A At conception, each parent contributed 15,000 chemical 'instruction sheets' (or genes) that determined not only what you look like, but also your health, tastes, athletic abilities, intelligence, allergies and more

Question 10
5 months before you were born, your heart pumped enough blood every day to:

A overflow a coffee mug
B fill half a tank of a mercedes
C create the special effects in Scream

B Four months after conception you were pumping 6 and a half gallons of blood each day through a body about as long as your hand is now. It was your blood, not your mother's - you never shared her circulatory system. You may even have a completely different blood type!

Question 11
When did you first start looking like either a boy or a girl?

A the 7th month of pregnancy
B the end of the 2nd month
C when the doctor announced to your parents, "it's a ..."

B You were either male or female from the point of conception, but you took 46 days for parts to be recognisable. Thanks to modern science parents can now see the sex of their unborn baby with the help of an ultrasound machine by about 4 months

Question 12
If your mother smoked while she was pregnant, you may have been born:

A overweight and overdue
B underweight and premature
C with yellow teeth and a nagging cough

B A smoking mother sends nicotine, carbon monoxide, carbonic acid and wood alcohol right down the line to her baby. Smoking two packs a day reduces a baby's weight by 10% - which can seriously the infant's chances of survival

Question 13
How premature can a baby be born and still survive?

A 1 month early
B 2 months early
C 4 months early

C With modern technology, babies as young as five months after conception, weighing only 14 ounces, have survived premature birth. You would need a lot of medical help but would fight like a champion to hold on to life

Question 14
When did you begin to look like your mum and dad?

A when your mum was 6 months pregnant
B when she was 4 months pregnant
C when you realised you couldn't do anything about it

B During your fourth month, you grew to a grand height of six inches and began to resemble your parents. You also had a trait which may interest the Gardai some day - fingerprints