Pregnancy myths

In India  pregnancy is a hush hush affair. If one is pregnant then they need to hide behind big curtain sized cloths and listen to all possible people, be it elders or married friends. And if at all you are a first time working mother then that directly means you are good for nothing and you need to follow all possible advices which are free of cost and almost irrelevant. And if you don't, that directly implies you being a rude and irresponsible person.
So when I got pregnant I started getting advices, ideas from everywhere. And believe me some of them were very hilarious. Tradition is to follow them blindly without a blink but again its me who only does what I feel is right. So I thought let me list down all of them before I forget and you guys can read and laugh.

• Its inauspicious to talk about your pregnancy till 3 months:  This one is pretty common in India, one is not suppose to talk/inform about their pregnancy till 3 months are over. Some "Nazar Lag Jayegi" stuff. I have seen people hiding this grand news even from their families. I'll not be surprised if there will be some one who will not inform her husband. I find this myth quite odd as according to me it is good if your close ones know as soon as possible as they will feel happy and pray for you and you will get positive vibes and wishes for you and your baby. At least this is what happened in my case. I had so many positive people around me to give lot of good wishes and due to that my pregnancy sailed smoothly across winds.

•  You need to hide your baby bump: Almost same as previous one. I have seen so many ladies wearing shawl in scorching heat to cover/hid the baby bump. Now question is can you really hide the bump with a shawl? I doubt. I think the funda behind this stupidity is people are embarrassed about their pregnancy and they don't want other to know as if being pregnant is a crime. As I only follow what I believe in I didn't do it and wore all sexy short dresses. And believe me nothing happened, me and my baby both are fine. 

• Need to eat for two syndrome : "Oh My God" you are pregnant now, you need to eat for two people now. Ya right thank you for letting me know that I am pregnant, till now I was thinking I had loose motions only. I mean come on, my baby is pea sized right now and you want me to eat double for him. No one will say eat right, healthy balanced meal, just only increase the quantity will do. And then we crib for more weight gain. I got so many taunts on eating less and eating less fatty foods that I really thought I am going to have a malnutrition baby. But again its a myth so I just ate right balanced meal with all nutrients and made a perfectly healthy baby.

Now here are the most hilarious ones:

• When you carry low, you will have a boy and if you carry high, you'll have a girl. [Does that mean if I carry in the middle then I am carrying a.......:-P
• If you swim while you're pregnant, you could drown the baby. 
• if you are craving salty foods while pregnant, you can count on having a boy. If you crave sweets, fruit, and orange juice, you are having a little girl. My case was opposite I wanted to eat all possible sweets but in the end I had a sweet little boy.
• The person that is most aggressive in bed at the time of conception is the opposite of what the baby will be. I don't think I want to talk more on this blush blush :)
• If you eat lot of curd your baby will be born fully wrapped in curd. I was expecting it as I ate curd like anything, but oops my boy was wrapped in amniotic fluid only.
• If anyone denies a pregnant woman whatever she is craving, they will get a sty in his/her eye. Now in this case Girish should be full of sties as he denied all my unhealthy cravings :-)
• Drink coconut water, you will have a fairer baby. why not, imagine the situation white kid is born in black parents :-P

So above are the few which I remember now, will update if I get some additional ones.