You Arent Supposed To Hold A Newborn Baby If On Menstrual Cycle?

I have been having a debate about this with some people. They swear that it's so true, but I just don't believe it. I actually think it's kind of silly, an old wives tale at best. Someone even told me that the MD's and RN's tell mothers this before they are discharged, but I have two kids and have NEVER heard of such a thing.

So I wanted to come here and ask some of you experienced nurses about this. Have you ever heard of it and if so is there any validity to it?

Specializes in ER, ARNP, MSN, FNP-BC.

I have never heard this before. The ONLY thing that I can think of that may have gotten this started "years ago" if it does exist as a wives tale is that we all know SOME women CAN become moody, stressed, etc. while menstruating. And, we all know that our moods can effect the mood of babies, making them stressed and perhaps fussy. This can manifest as people thinking the baby is having a stomach ache, or whatever.................. just a thought :)

Specializes in Neuroscience.

Sounds dumb.

Am I the only one sick and tired of everything to do with women's bodies taking on some negative implication? You're on your period? Go hide in a hut, you're unclean. Can't hold a baby either, you'll upset their stomachs. Don't swim, you'll attract sharks. Never ends. Periods suck, no doubt about it, but they are not the bane of all evil to mankind either.

Specializes in Trauma Surgery, Nursing Management.
starmickey03 said:
OMG! Thank you so much for backing me up on this! I thought it was the dumbest thing EVER, but they swore by it. One girl even said that she held a baby while she was on her period and the baby ended up becoming constipated. Then she held a different baby while on her period and that baby too became constipated! Obviously shes never heard of a coincidence...

This is so freaking funny! Maybe she should carry a pager so that when her friends' babies have the runs, she can magically cure them!

IfYouSeekAmy said:
Sounds dumb.

Am I the only one sick and tired of everything to do with women's bodies taking on some negative implication? You're on your period? Go hide in a hut, you're unclean. Can't hold a baby either, you'll upset their stomachs. Don't swim, you'll attract sharks. Never ends. Periods suck, no doubt about it, but they are not the bane of all evil to mankind either.

LOL...Never thought of it like that, but very true. People do think of periods as the root of all people

Never heard of it either, I worked NICU for years. If they tell you this is true, ask them for some proof. A research article, a journal, anything. Does this mean a mom has to find another woman or leave all care to the father during her cycle?

Specializes in Critical Care.
IfYouSeekAmy said:
Sounds dumb.

Am I the only one sick and tired of everything to do with women's bodies taking on some negative implication? You're on your period? Go hide in a hut, you're unclean. Can't hold a baby either, you'll upset their stomachs. Don't swim, you'll attract sharks. Never ends. Periods suck, no doubt about it, but they are not the bane of all evil to mankind either.

LMAO, that made me have a visual of the movie "Jaws" and think "So that's why he killed everyone..."

Specializes in LTC.

I've never heard of anything so ridiculous.

BryanCRNA said:
Never heard of it either, I worked NICU for years. If they tell you this is true, ask them for some proof. A research article, a journal, anything. Does this mean a mom has to find another woman or leave all care to the father during her cycle?

I did! I told them I need to see some research based literature before I would believe it. Surprisingly, I still havent heard back from them lol.

Specializes in LTC, Hospice, Case Management.

My Grandpa swore all of us girls had to stay out of the cucumber patch during our periods or the plants would die.

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Maybe you are supposed to stay home to keep the cat from sucking the breath out of the kid once he comes home.

Best remedy is to look at the teller of takes and give them the "LOOK". You know the one. Squinch one eye and raise the other brow.

This is one of the sillier old wives' tales I have ever heard. Can you imagine trying to staff the various peds' units around the nurses' cycles?!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA!

Specializes in L&D; GI; Fam Med; Home H; Case mgmt.

Hey, at least there is some actual logic behind the sharks thing. They can smell blood in the water over a mile away. The rest of it is utter bunk.

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