Do you feel like someone is eavesdropping on your every conversation? Do you have the suspicion that someone can read your moods and even reacts to them and you are alone in a room. If so, you may be pregnant.
It is a known fact that as your baby grows inside you, your little precious bundle is sensitive to your moods and actually recognizes the sound of your voice long before birth. Did you know that if you raise your voice or are in a "heated discussion" your baby senses stress and loud conversations can raise the heart rate of a baby and even wake it from sleep. Your baby shares in every conversation and mood that you experience. Positive and negative.
I don't know if playing music or reading to your unborn children makes them smarter or influences their tastes in music or literature but it is for sure that their little brains are recording familiar sounds. Running water, clanking pots and pans in the kitchen, a pet dog barking and the repetitious sounds of the male and female voice are all making an impact on your unborn child. As evidence, have you experienced your unborn baby "jump" inside you at a loud unexpected noise?
Even before birth, parents are making a connection to their unborn child. Do loud noises and arguments influence the feelings of security in an unborn child? I believe so, even if it is just in the way parents relate to one another on a daily basis. What is a natural tone of voice to you is foreign to your unborn child and every spoken word influences them.
If parents thought that the neighbors were listening to their conversation or if a disagreement was being witnessed in a public place, would voices be lowered? Of course, we all want to display our very best to those who may judge us in a casual, random chance meeting. We will never see those people again but we want to display a good image to the world. How much more should we want to add to the well being and security of our unborn.
It's hard to remember that even before the birth of your child they can hear your words, recognize voices and react to stresses, fears, noises and feelings. There truly is a little someone eavesdropping on your every conversation. If parents are aware of this, then building loving and soothing conversation will become as essential to a pregnant Mommy and Daddy as prenatal vitamins and regular check ups during the pregnancy.
Remember, if you feel that your conversations and emotions are being acknowledged and you are alone in the room, when you are pregnant you are no longer alone. Be aware of the unseen company that you are keeping and their ability to listen-in to all they hear.
