[susieQ3]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/health/20really.html

do you believe it?

I had awful heartburn with DD and was on prescription meds for it since it was so bad and nothing OTC would help. She was born bald and didnt get hair till she was 2, and now she just turned 3 and its now to her ears

[Bridgett_H]

I totally believe this. I never had heartburn with my son, and he same out with just I guess what you would call an average amount of hair. I about died of heartburn with my daughter, and she came out with tons of thick, black hair. I'm thinking this one's going to be the same, too, because I've had it REALLY bad for a while now.

[sboricua]

i had heartburn with jas and i was surprised she came out with no hair!!!

[torrmom]

lol I told my husband the other day that our baby must have a lot of hair cause my heart burn was bad. He said "are you sure it has nothing to do with the chili cheese hot dogs you get from 7 eleven ever day? maybe...

[dunerchick]

I have had terrible heartburn with both pg's and my ds came out bald! he did finally start growing a litt when he was 1 1/2

[Bridgett_H]

Originally Posted by torrmom

lol I told my husband the other day that our baby must have a lot of hair cause my heart burn was bad. He said "are you sure it has nothing to do with the chili cheese hot dogs you get from 7 eleven ever day? maybe...

ROFL that cracked me up.

[jrrusso2000]

I totally don't believe this. I had NO heartburn with my son and he came out with hair down past his ears - he had to have his first hair cut at 5 weeks old and had about 30 hair cuts in the first year (about every 3-5 weeks).

Even weirder so is that I was on medication before I got pregnant with DS for heartburn so I thought I would be in for it for sure!!

[Arei_720]

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.

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

[naznurse]

I had horrible heartburn with my 1st DD and she came out with a little hair but I had no heartburn with my 2nd DD and she came out with a full head of hair so no I don't believe this study.

[Wifenmomalwys]

I had really bad heartburn with my DS and DD and they both came out bald. So no, I don't believe it. lol

[alinne1026]

I had bad heartburn with dd1 and she had a full head of black hair when she was born. I had no heartburn with dd2 and she was bald. We'll see with baby #3!