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Wive's Tales About Pregnancy
from:It's can be very annoying to hear advice during your pregnancy, especially unwelcome advice. I'm sure you've been told by one person or another what you should do. It only gets worse the further along in your pregnancy goes. Someone will want to tell you that you shouldn't bend, or walk a certain way, not to pick up a baby in case you hurt the one in your stomach or put yourself in labor. If your pregnancy goes over the due date, you'll be told many different home remedies of how to put yourself in labor.
If you get a headache, someone can tell you exactly what to do to get rid of it without any medication. Remember it is important to ask a doctor before taking something you've never tried before doing it. Actually it can be fun during the course of the 9-10 months stretch of pregnancy to hear all the wive's tales, also known as myths, as long as you don't take them too seriously.
Early in your pregnancy, I'm pretty sure you aren't going to even care what sex the baby is. If you have morning sickness, all you want is for it to stop. You may even be counting down the days until the first trimester is over because morning sickness usually ends by then. Chances are someone is bound to tell you the sex of the baby based on your morning sickness. One wive's tale is if you are having severe morning sickness, it is a sign you are having a girl.
Here's a wive's tale that is a lot of fun, and you can test it on everyone in your household. Take a thin piece of string of your hair. Slide your ring down it, hold it above your belly and let the ring dangle above it. If the rings spins in a circle it is a boy, but if it goes from one side to the other, it is a girl. Once you've tried it out on your tummy, get someone in your house and do it above their hand. Does the ring spin in a circle above your husband's hand? It really is an old wive's tale.
Many women suffer from bouts of heartburn during their pregnancy. According to the old wive's tale, this would mean your baby will be born with a head full of hair.
Right before the end of your first trimester your doctor will listen to your baby's heart rate to make sure the baby is doing alright. The wive's tale is that if the heart rate is high, it is a girl. A low heart rate means a boy.
Ever have someone tell you that you are carrying high or low and wonder what that really means? Basically if you are carrying your baby low, it is closer to your abdomen. A high baby is closer to your chest. Look at yourself in the mirror. How is your baby sitting? The old wive's tale says that if you are carrying high it is a girl, carrying low is a boy.
Wives tales can be a lot of fun but keep in mind they aren't fact. Don't go preparing your child's room just because one of these told you that you were going to have a girl.
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