I was wondering if anyone had a favorite OB myth that you've come across in work.
I'll start with a few of my favorites:
When I worked at a maternity home, the lead houseparent told the girls that if their baby was a girl, it proved that the young lady had participated in a lot of sexual activity at conception. If it was a boy, the young lady had intercourse only once or twice. I couldn't think of any biological basis for that one. Of course if the young lady had a baby girl, then she would really have been read the riot act about her sexual activity from the housemother.
This one I heard rather recently. A woman went in for an u/s to determine the baby's sex, and baby had it's legs crossed. The woman asked the u/s tech to count the fetal ribs because men have one less rib than women do - the "Adam's Rib Theory."
Anyone heard of other interesting OB myths that are brought into the doctor's office or hospital?
My sister is pregnant now and she told me the other day that she knew she was having a boy because she was on bottom during sex. I think thats the stupidest thing I have ever heard, and I told her so too.
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Baby oil and massage.
When my middle was a baby one of my neighbors was an old Jamacan lady(maybe she was Haitian?) , she taught me how to rub his head to get rid of the flat spot on the back of his head. Is hard to explain how to do it, there is NO pressure, just a firm stroking. It took a month or so but it did round out.
Um, maybe it took about a month because babies' heads just round out naturally anyway!!! You were kidding, right???
Our favorite was usually stated by our unwed teenaged moms who were shocked that they were pregnant because "You can't get pregnant the first time"..... Or from the mommy with a 10 month old at home who says "but you can't get pregnant when you're nursing"...HMMMMMM!
I remember hearing the one about not getting nursing while PG, and my Mom commenting "call your Grandma and tell her that and see how hard she laughs at you." Grandma nursed her kids and her first FOUR children are exactly 13 months apart each. :rotfl:
Our favorite was usually stated by our unwed teenaged moms who were shocked that they were pregnant because "You can't get pregnant the first time"..... Or from the mommy with a 10 month old at home who says "but you can't get pregnant when you're nursing"...HMMMMMM!
I remember hearing the one about not getting nursing while PG, and my Mom commenting "call your Grandma and tell her that and see how hard she laughs at you." Grandma nursed her kids and her first FOUR children are exactly 13 months apart each. :rotfl:
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My sister is pregnant now and she told me the other day that she knew she was having a boy because she was on bottom during sex. I think thats the stupidest thing I have ever heard, and I told her so too.