Old Wives Tales About Pregnancy

Old wives tales about pregnancy, are told to most of the women, right from the very moment they declare about their pregnancy. A lot many things are told to the expectant mother, about which she had never even wondered before. The woman is flooded with legendary stories and fundas about a variety of topics ranging from sex of the unborn baby to its looks and nature. These stories sound very interesting to hear and behind some of them, there lie some logic. These logics give birth to certain dos and dont’s associated with pregnancy.

Along with logics, these old wives tales about pregnancy also lead to generation of many pregnancy-related myths and superstitions. The woman can follow these myths until they are not affecting their health and should not believe in them blindly. According to many old grannies, the sex of the baby depends upon the position of the parents during its conception. Though, the fact is that until now, no other method of determining the baby’s sex has been discovered or invented. Among other related myths are, the position of the tummy determining sex of the baby, the size of the baby is judged according to size of the mother’s tummy, and foods one should have inorder to have desired sex of the baby. You must have heard many oldies saying that consumption of cola products, red meat, salty foods gives you a boy and to have a girl you should have loads of sugar fantasies like chocolates and ample veggies.

Some of the old wives tales about pregnancy are meant to set precautionary measures for the mother, which is beneficial for her and her baby only. So, there is no harm in believing in such tales even if they are myths. Many stories say that you will have same symptoms as experienced by your mother. For example, if your mother suffered morning sickness and had stretch marks, you too will have the same. Also your cravings for particular foods would determine sex of he baby. It is upto you, how you take these stories but never let them rule your mind.