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Super-duper-stitions

I was doing a bit of reading about sympathy pregnancy, where a husband exhibits pregnancy symptoms when his partner is pregnant, and came across this quote:

Changes in sexual activity, shifts in social priorities, time off work, or the arrival of a mother-in-law for a potentially stressful extended visit may also contribute.

The part about the mother-in-law cracked me up!

I love my mum but she’s certainly got some weird ideas (mostly old wive’s tales) that I don’t agree with and we often end up arguing.

Wanna know some of those weird ideas?

In addition to her latest bit of advice as mentioned in Baby Update at 17 Weeks, she tells me:

• Don’t watch scary movies during pregnancy to avoid having an uncute baby (!)
• Hang pictures of random cute babies in your bedroom to encourage your baby to be cute (!)
• Eat sesame seeds and oil often during pregnancy to make the birth easier.
• Don’t eat over ripe bananas soon after giving birth to make your next one easier…
• It’s important to keep your head warm after birth, even if it means wearing a beanie inside during summer for several weeks.
• Only eat hot soups and other hot meals after birth to stay healthy. Screw that! It’ll be summer and I’m hanging out for sushi and ham sandwiches!
• Don’t get caught in the rain or you’ll get a headache if not a cold.
• Make sure your clothes cover your belly when it’s windy or cold, or else you’ll get a stomach ache.
• Don’t wash your hair during your period or you’ll get dark spots on your face.
• Wearing jandals will result in bad circulation.
• Stretching in the morning makes you taller. I did this growing up and I’m still just 5ft tall!
• Being patted on your head makes you dumb.
• Eat all your rice or else each grain left over means a pimple on your future husband’s face – hehe! The hubby rarely has pimples – lots of moles though.

So many superstitions!

Tags: parents, pregnancy, superstition