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The study, published in the current issue of the journal Birth, followed 64 pregnant women, about 78 percent of whom reported having some heartburn. After the women gave birth, two outside observers looked at pictures of their infants and rated their levels of hair.
Of the 28 women who reported moderate to severe heartburn, 23 had babies with average or above-average amounts of hair. Conversely, 10 of the 12 women who reported no heartburn had babies with little or no hair.
Other studies have shown that in pregnant women, high levels of estrogen and other hormones can relax the sphincter at the bottom of the esophagus, causing heartburn. The same hormones, other studies show, can influence fetal hair growth.
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23/28 with moderate to severe heartburn sufferers had babies with lots of hair.
10/12 non-heartburn sufferers had babies with little or no hair.
So really, it's not 100% going to happen; but odds are... and that I can believe.
I had horrid heartburn with daughter and she came out with lots of hair
