Taking a pregnant pause over bizarre advice
WHEN you’re carrying a child for the first time, any advice for how to make pregnancy easier is more than welcome.
But mothers-to-be and new mothers have been revealing all the most ridiculous tips they’ve been given too – including not bathing while pregnant, shave “or the baby will get heartburn” during labour, and to drink “vodka mixed with cod liver oil” to trigger contractions.
A Reddit user asked: “Pregnant women or women who have been pregnant, what is the worst/craziest advice someone has given you about your pregnancy?”
And the responses were rather hilarious.
One woman replied: “I was told that I need to shave down there or the baby will get carpet burn.”
Another commented: “One of my work colleagues was obsessed with recommending that I eat citrus fruits, especially the easy-to-peel cutie tangerines.
“She was convinced it would give the baby a higher IQ in the long run.”
A third wrote: “When I was pregnant past my due date a co-worker advised me to drink cod liver oil mixed with vodka.
“Apparently this mixture would upset my digestive system, give me horrible diarrhoea, and trigger labour contractions.”
The same woman noted: “I did not drink this combo and instead was medically induced several days later. Labour/ delivery was swift andmy baby was healthy.”
Some suggestions were particularly silly, and included, according to one contributor: “Don’t take a bath, you’ll drown the baby!”