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Would You Want to Know?

Married couples these days having their first baby are faced with choices that simply didn’t exist years ago. Once upon a time when a woman announced she was pregnant, everybody had an opinion as to whether the baby was a boy or a girl. Old wives tales abounded about how to tell the sex of the baby. They included dangling a coin over the pregnant woman’s tummy and seeing which way it moved. That was just one of the myriad old wives tales my extended family came up with. But then, they had an endless supply of old wives tales … Continue reading →

New Wives Tales: Your Weight & Your Sex Life

Diminishing sexual appetites and a distinct lack of interest in sex can put a strain on even the happiest of marriages. There is an old saying that when a couple has sex, it’s only about 10% of their marriage, when they have no sex, it becomes 90% of their marriage. But for some women the underlying cause of their lack of interest is directly related to their own personal weight. Please, Hear Me Out Ladies, we all look in the mirror and if we don’t see that super-model body or at least the lean, gentle figure that we all possessed … Continue reading →

Let’s Talk About Old Wives Tales

When it comes to determining the sex of a baby, there is no sure fire way aside from delivery. Even ultrasound comes with its own percentage of falsehoods, due to human error. People – namely, other women and mothers – have been known to come up with some creative and perhaps ridiculous ways to determine the sex of a baby while it’s still in the womb. Some of these ideas have been around so long that we refer to them as Old Wives Tales. Let’s take a look at the most popular of them: Linea de Negra: Many women get … Continue reading →

Weird Ideas and Old Wives Tales about Pregnancy

There’s nothing like being pregnant to have every old wives’ tale ever thought of or dreamed of trotted out for your edification. Some of these old wives’ tales are funny. Some are silly. Some are terrifying. Still others are hugely misleading. Here are some that I heard during my pregnancy. Don’t look at a mouse when you’re pregnant — if you do, your baby will be born with a hairy birthmark. If you get really angry, your baby will be born angry. If you have any desire to stuff your swollen feet in high heels, you’ll have a cross-eyed baby. … Continue reading →