The myths and truth of pregnancies
Posted on November 26, 2007
Being chinese, you will definitely hear alot of taboo things we pregnant mums should not be doing..or eating!
And…some of it, we HAVE to do!
Here’s a few myths which I managed to debunk myself….
1) Drink soya milk as it will ensure baby’s fair complexion. Bah! No such thing! No.1 and No.2 came out fair..and I did not consume soya milk everyday! It’s all in the genes!
2) If your baby’s nipple is sticking out, the next one will be a girl. Bah… I can fully attest that I do not have girls.. not yet anyway! 
3) Don’t hang things higher than your head, you will tighten the umbilical cord around baby’s neck. Ok…..I had to hang clothes, on places higher than my head..so far, none of that has happen yet!
4) Don’t eat too much chilli, your baby will come out with heaps of rashes. I seriously doubt this is true. Because my No.2 had very very lil rashes!
And..then here are some ‘truths’…
1) If your baby’s umbilical cord is very thick….means you’re very fertile…. Okayyyyyyyyyy…
2) The ultrasound scan. Don’t do too many..as in, not every visit means you need to have one. The local hospitals now have a directive to reduce no. of scans, due to large increase of abnormal births. So..do be aware..
Okla..that’s about all I can think about. There’s much much much more common myths out there…but I can’t think of any at the mo…can u?
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I think the general consensus is better to believe than be sorry.. lol
Dun drink kopi-O unless your hubby is dark.. ppl might be suspicious.. lol
ha ha ha!! already my chewren dun look like us… think i’m off the radar. I produce chewren taht dun look like us!!!! WAKAKAKAKAK
Got so many regulations one ya ?
there are more…but… I chose to not to remember..
Hi Mott,
Adoi! Ya lor…This myths all can be quite funny…If they are true, doctors and ultrasounds out of job liao…;) Hope you’re keeping well Mott, and Junior too…And hope you get a girl this time…=)
ha ha..thanks!!!! as long as healthy…I’m happy la
My relatives told me to drink lots of fresh cow’s milk (sold & delivered) by indian man so tat my bb can have fair complexion.
I answer back..”Indian drink so much fresh cow’s milk..how come their skin so dark”….
HA HA HA HA!! This is a good ONE!!!! I laffu my belly so much!!!
I drank lotsa tau huay chwee and fresh milk but my son came out black like an Indian! kakaka….
I was told not to eat crabs because later son ‘will have many hands and legs’ - like to touch touch people’s things. No spicy food. No cold food. No moving furniture or house. No nailing…… wah! so many cannot.
After my delivery, I didn’t listen to the no bathing for one month part. Cannot tahan the heat and smell!
ha ha ha..i hear you..so many ‘pantangs’..but i broke so many…too late already!!!
Nice one - I’ve been told so many bloody times to drink soya milk so that my kid will turn out fair. He IS fair, but no thanks to soya milk at all! I tell this to everyone who does a double-take between me and him…isn’t it time someone published a journal article on this???