Nigerian Mum Narrates How Pregnancy Cured Her Of An Enlarged Heart
A Nigerian mother has gone on Facebook to reveal that pregnancy can cure a woman of an ailment.
In her post, the woman identified as Sylvia Amaka Ogbaegbe narrated how pregnancy cured her of an enlarged heart.
According to her, she was easily exhausted from doing small tasks but when she got pregnant, she did a test to know how to manage her condition but to her surprise, the foetus repaired it.
In her narration, she stated:
“Pregnancy CAN cure you of an ailment.
“When I had one of the necessary tests required to travel, they found out I had an enlarged heart.
“Of course, before then, I could bet I was 100% healthy even when I easily got exhausted from doing small tasks.
“Fast forward to when I got pregnant for my daughter and had to do series of test later on to know the state of the heart and how to manage it…
“Somehow, little foetus of mine has repaired it for me, Wonderment! So if you have small thing wrong with you, you know what to do.
“PS: We (naija blooded mammals) need to develop the habit of getting a test done whenever we feel something wrong with our body even if it is the usual ‘malaria’ or ‘typhoid’.”
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This isn’t the first time a woman has reported being healed of an ailment during pregnancy.
Fetal cells migrate into the mother during pregnancy, according to scientists, and it is believed that a fetus can send its own stem cells to its mother to repair damaged organs
These fetal cells may also protect mothers from disease long after the baby has been born.
Studies suggest that in some situations fetal cells can be beneficial to moms, Dr. J. Lee Nelson, at the University of Washington, says.
“I think you’ve got to think of these cells as friends,” she states.
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Scientists have also found fetal cells in scar tissues, specifically scars left by C-sections. These cells make collagen. So the fetus could be helping the mom recover after birth by repairing wounds.
