It seems that people come out of the woodworks when a woman is pregnant to offer tips, advice, warnings, blessings and more. While some of these tips and blessings can be helpful, motivating, and encouraging, some of them are just flat wrong. Over the years there have been many old wives tales, some which date back hundreds of years that warn women of all the different dangers that they can be exposed to while they are carrying a child. Some of the advice might be helpful and some myths that sound too good to be true actually aren’t. For instance, the placenta, if you are not going to donate it to a number of the cord blood banks that can help with stem cell research, can be eaten and has proven to be an excellent source of protein. Here are some of the most common myths about pregnancy.
- One of the most classic myths is that a pregnant woman is eating for two. This is only sort of true, but it doesn’t mean that a woman should be eating two heaping adult sized servings for each meal, especially desert. A woman will typically gain up to 35 pounds during pregnancy, but some women, often because of this myth, think that they need to eat more to sustain their child. It can actually be harmful if you eat too much during pregnancy and you can even put on more weight if you do. It is most import to eat more healthily, than eat in larger quantities.
