Pregnancy myths ... under the spotlight!

We were amazed to discover that modern science still doesn't have an exact answer for the cause of pregnancy's most famous symptom!

Pregnancy Myths and Old Wives Tales

Old wives seem to have an answer for everything ... whether they're right or not, their confidence is reassuring.

Of course all pregnancy myths have to be taken with a huge pinch of salt and not as any kind of medical advice ... but they are fun! And some are a hold load more weird than others.

Looking back at my pregnancy ... with hindsight of course ... those good old pregnancy myths were spot on for me! Maybe those old wives know what they're talking about after all ...

Pregnancy myths about getting pregnant

• Sitting on a dirty toilet seat can make you pregnant

• Sitting on a pregnant colleague's chair means you will have a baby too

• If a woman is pregnant but doesn't know yet, when her man climbs completely over her while laying down, the man will have "morning sickness" all day.
  (Thanks to Angel in the US for this one ... Angel's husband had morning sickness with their first child!)

Your baby will be a boy if ...

• You're carrying your extra weight out front
• You're carrying your baby low
• The hair on your legs is growing faster now you're pregnant
• You're blooming and you look really well
• You sleep with your pillow to the north
• Your feet are colder than they were before your pregnancy
• Both you and your partner are gaining weight
• Your mum (the maternal grandmother)has grey hair
• A needle or wedding ring on a piece of thread held over your belly moves in circles
• Your urine is bright neon yellow
• Your cravings are for meat or cheeses
• Your nose has been spreading
• The sum of your age when you conceived and the number of the month when you conceived is even

Your baby will be a girl if...

• You're carrying your extra weight absolutely everwhere
• You're carrying your baby high up
• You have early morning sickness

• Your cravings are for sweets
• Your baby's heart rate is at least 140 beats per minute
• Your breasts have grown enormously
• You refuse to eat the crust or heel from a loaf of bread
• You're not looking well (folklore says girls steal their mother's looks!)
• Your urine is a dull yellow
• The sum of your age when you conceived and the number of the month when you conceived is odd
• Your feet are hotter than they were before your pregnancy

Are those clever old wives on to something ?

A 2004 study by researchers at the University of Washington found that of 2110 women hospitalized for extreme nausea