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occur due to sudden shock and therefore, they should be avoided.
This has an impact on the child, resulting in variations in the child's heartbeat. Sometimes, the heartbeat stops completely, clearly proving that the mother's thoughts... her actions... her experiences... have a powerful influence on the child.
For example, a mother, who happens to be pregnant queen, hears someone saying that her kingdom has been attacked... all the city gates have been closed and the king has left for war...! When she hears this, her child also hears the same...at that very moment, that very second...
The foetus may just be the size of the tip of a needle, but it has the potential to hear everything that the mother can hear, even if the pregnancy is just 48 minutes old...!
Parmatma says that all senses are developed within 48 minutes... in just 48 minutes the ears have taken form wellenough to hear everything...!
Sometimes, a child in the womb may possess special powers called Vaikriya (which enables one to change body shape, size and form). When the child hears about the attack by the enemies, on his father, he leaves the womb in the form of a Vaikriya body and prepares for war... forms an army...