I was just wondering what is the most far out thing you have heard about what to do when your preg? about being able to tell the sex of the baby? about ways to naturally induce labor? I was just bored and wanted to know......
2006-06-27 05:54:22 · 17 answers · asked by mama lesha 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Silliest myth I've heard about pregnancy? If you stand up while having sex, you can't get pregnant.
2006-06-27 06:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by Ashley 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
To induce labor:
- jump up and down
- ride on a bumpy road
- eat spicy food
- eat Chinese food
- eat eggplant parmesan
- drink red wine
To tell the sex:
- look at the dilation of the mother's pupils
- dangle a wedding ring over the mother's stomach and see if it goes back and forth or in circles
- mom's tummy is round - boy; tummy is oval - girl
To avoid miscarriage:
- don't wear jeans
- don't raise your arms above your head
- don't be around cats
There are a lot of other weird ones I've heard that I can't think of right now. I've heard so many with these pregnancies.
2006-06-27 06:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by Call me AL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A girl gives birth to octopus (or lizard, frog, fish, or snake).
This teen age girl, growing up in a California coastal town, was obviously pregnant — stomach starting to swell, morning sickness, etc. She, however, tearfully insisted to her mother that she couldn't possibly be pregnant. She had never "done it" with a boy and it just wasn't possible.
As time went on, however, the signs continued. Her stomach continued to grow, her appetite increased, and so forth. Her mother insisted she was pregnant. The girl insisted it wasn't possible. She was still a "good" girl.
Finally x-rays were taken and the girl was vindicated. She had a large tumor in her stomach and surgery was performed immediately. To everyone's amazement the surgeons removed not a tumor but a small, live octopus that had fastened itself to the lining of the girl's stomach.
What happened to this girl supposedly is really possible. Octopus eggs are microscopic in size and laid in clusters of tens of thousands. They are usually affixed to kelp at the ocean bottom by a sticky secretion. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that a few could escape and float to the surface where they could be swallowed by an unsuspecting swimmer . . . Anyway, don't scoff, because the girl was a close friend of my older brother's girlfriend.
2006-06-27 05:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by go_irish_34 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To tell the sex of the baby. You get a piece of sewing thread and real gold ring. You slip the thread throw the ring holding it above your belly. If it spins then its a girl, and if it sways back and forth then its a boy.
Or if your carrying low its a boy, if your carrying high its a girl.
Or if the heartbeat is real fast like 170, its a girl. if is real low like 140/150 then its a boy.
Induce naturally is to have sex(but this has actually worked in my case).
2006-06-27 06:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by sweetsugakb24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard one years ago that you arent allowed to have a cat because it will suck the soul of the baby from you while you were sleeping and have a miscarriage... its also the same for when the kids born, but what happens is the cat suffocates the kid on accident since its attracted to the smell of milk coming off the baby
2006-06-27 07:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by ~*Iverson*~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister, Mom, and Granny swear that you can't get down on your hands and knees for any reason (cleaning, etc.) during the last trimester or the baby's umbilical cord will be wrapped around its neck when it's born. Apparently that happened to them with their children and they equated it with scrubbing floors. I have no idea how they associated those two things.
There's also the fun "not being able to lift anything" argument.
My Mom: "Michelle, you can't pick that up! It's too heavy!"
Me: "Mom, it's OK. It's just a Tic-Tac."
Mom: "It's too heavy! Put it down! You'll hurt the baby!"
LOL. There's no reason you shouldn't be able to lift a reasonable amount of weight during pregnancy unless there are complications. Yes, it's convenient to have someone carry your groceries for you, but not really necessary if you're not straining yourself. Someone please tell my Mom that.
2006-06-27 06:14:26 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard that sitting in a bath of gin can bring about miscarriage and also eating curry can bring on labour. I heard that if the bump sits in a certain way you can tell if it is a boy or girl. I am not sure how much of that is true as I have not had a baby
2006-06-27 05:59:31 · answer #7 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't stand the people who think you're suddenly completely disabled because you're pregnant. Of course, I did use it to my advantage a few times to get out of stuff I didn't want to do!
The funniest one I ever heard was the "cure" to getting a baby out of the breech position. My friend's grandma told her to shine a flashlight between her legs and the baby would turn toward the light. Her doctor reminded her she was carrying a baby and not a bug.
2006-06-27 06:22:36 · answer #8 · answered by browneyedgirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when i was still a kid,i heard them talking about pregnant women should not go out and take a walk during night time..cause vampires or monsters will eat the baby..and both the mother and baby will die!
and also,u can sleep on your back since someone on the roof will take the baby out from your belly!
2006-06-27 16:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by nahleens 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently, a bump that sticks out more at the front is a son, and a bump that spreads more to the sides is a daughter. I prefer to go with good old computerized scans though! Having said that, they couldn't tell when they were scanning my 9 month old daughter! She was obviously modest because she wouldn't uncross her legs! :)
2006-06-27 06:01:20 · answer #10 · answered by itsleemail 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That if you lift you hands above your head you could cause the umbical cord to wrap around the babies neck.
That is you care it high its a girl and low if its a boy.
That if you hold your wedding ring above your stomach and it goes side to side its a girl and a circle its a boy.
2006-06-27 06:05:50 · answer #11 · answered by brezzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋