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Q. Is it true that all babies are born with Blue Eyes?

A. Well they are all bluish--the pigment settles during the first year. They aren't a clear true blue though. Even babies who eventually will have blue eyes have changes in color during the first year.

Karen Klimsak-Ungar, CCE has been a certified childbirth educator for Birth Works® since 1996. She is currently Managing Editor for the Birth Works newsletter, sits on the Birth Works Board of Directors, and serves on their National Trainee Review Committee. A happily married mother of two, she also continues to teach Birth Works classes as well as private classes.

Karen will answer your questions on fertility, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and babies. Her advice does not take the place of your practitioner. Personal answers will not always be possible.