My best girlfriend and I found out about pregnancy myths and old wives tales (especially anything to do with morning sickness) when she was pregnant with her first child.

Excitement at her long-awaited pregnancy had rapidly turned to deep despair when horrible morning sickness arrived with a vengeance in week 7.

She was dreadfully, endlessly sick!

We thought it would be a bit of fun to test out some pregnancy old wives tales ... and hoped it would take her mind off how rotten she was feeling!

As I had been lucky and didn't suffer from morning sickness when I was pregnant, we decided to set out together to learn as much as we could about what causes morning sickness, and to look for home remedies for her to try.

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

Popular 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.

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 ...

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 whole load more weird than others.

Popular Pregnancy Myths: Getting Pregnant

1. Sitting on a dirty toilet seat can make you pregnant


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


3. Visitor, Angel from the US says "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."
   
   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

Morning sickness pregnancy myths!

As far as morning sickness is concerned, current theory says it's the extra estrogen made by the girl foetus in the first trimester that causes the nausea!

Why not try out some of the morning sickness remedies we tested out and see if they work for you?

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