Old Wives Tales

The top 10 old wives tales told to pregnant women and new mothers (actually 11)

1. If you have heartburn your baby will have a lot of hair.

"I believe this. I had horrible heartburn and my baby had tons of hair."

2. If the head of your bed points north it will be a boy and if it points south it will be a girl (or vice versa...can't remember). 

"I don't know about this...."

3. If there's a lunar eclipse during your pregnancy, make sure to safety pin a key to your clothes over your belly or your baby will have a cleft lip 
"Never heard this, but it sounds bizarre"

4. Don't kneel down while pregnant or the umbilical cord will kink, or wrap around the baby, or whatever
"Well I believe I knelt down a lot and my baby didn't have that..." 

5. If you want to get rid of your "baby belly" quickly after delivery, don't shower for 3 days after the baby's born.

"How in the world would that help???"

6.  If you have any of the following:  1) sex  2) exercise 3)  a bikini wax 4) eat a certain salad dressing at an LA restaurant you will go into labor. 
"those are most certainly chances you'll go into labor, but the baby comes when the baby comes."

7.  
 A fat baby is a healthy baby.

"Agreed, but babies aren't really FAT. If they are eating a lot then they are healthy.

8.  Babies are more sensitive to cold temperatures than adults, so bundle them up.

"Agreed. I always think that if Im cold then she's gotta be freezing!"

8. Cats can steal breath from the mouths of babies.

"never heard this, but here is something from the web..."

Found on the web: Cats can be attracted to a baby's body warmth and the smell of milk. It is sometimes observed that cats try to sit on babies. In some SIDS deaths cat fur has been found in the trachea, or the windpipe.

9 Be quiet, or you'll wake the baby!

 "Actually Kyree loves noise. We have a wave maker and then we always have our tv on in our room and she sleeps just fine. Never wakes up."

10. Don't let babies brace their legs to "stand" on your laps, or they will become bow-legged.

"Don't believe it...but then again i've never heard about it either...better look it up."

11. Outie" belly buttons occur when the doctor cuts or ties the cord incorrectly.

 "Interesting...Here's what someone said about it." 

 “Outies” (technically called umbilical hernias) are very common and they make good sense. When a baby is growing inside the womb, the only source of oxygen and nutrition is through the umbilical cord. When the baby is born, the cord is cut and the baby has to eat and breathe on her own. Meanwhile, that open passageway between the baby’s umbilical cord and the rest of her body won’t necessarily close instantly. The outside of the cord (what you can see when you look at the baby’s tummy) will shrivel up and fall off over several days. Beneath it, inside the abdomen, the area must close as well. Sometimes I takes hours, sometimes days or weeks for the tissues under the belly button to “zip” closed. Sometimes then never do and a child has an outie indefinitely.

I just wanted to write my own little notes/comments on them. Some of them are crazy to me, but they are what they are. You all can write your little comments about them too. I wanna know what some of you think or have experienced.