Now that I am showing more, I have gotten a lot of advice and Chinese words of wisdom for pregnant women.
Here are some clips of this "factual" advice I have gotten from Chinese people. Some of them make some sense, some of them are a little ... different.
-If you crave sour, you are having a boy, if you crave spicy you are having a girl.
-If your stomach is pointier, then you are having a boy. (Funny, I am craving spicy and according to Chinese people, my stomach is pointy.)
-Do not wear tight clothes, it hurts the baby. This includes stretchy shirts.
-Do not go down the stairs with your cell phone.
- No eating, drinking anything cold. This esp. means ice cream.
- Do not cross your legs.
- Do not wear your contact lenses.
- If you drink a lot of milk, your child will have white skin.
- If you eat things with black sesame or seaweed, your child will have very black hair (which is considered good).
- The best way to get calcium is to eat lamb soup. I asked, "how about drink milk?" The response was, "if you are not allergic to it, then milk won't hurt."
- Do not play ping pong, volleyball, bike, etc. The only thing you can do is walk.
- Eat winter melon and eggs, it is good for the body.
What funny pregnant advice/words of wisdom have you heard before?
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6 comments:
so funny, i am craving spicy and i'm pointy too - how contradictory :)
the weirdest one i've heard (from a chinese person of course) - do not hammer a nail or hang anything on the wall as it harms the baby's "chi". oh, and i'm supposed to never pick up D (try explaining that to a 2 yr old)
please keep sharing these as you hear more!
oh girl, don't get me started. ;)
my favorite piece of advice was regarding breastfeeding: don't drink any water otherwise the baby will only get skim milk
how counterintuitive is that?!
i don't have anything to contribute, just thought i'd say that it was fun to read. ;)
I was told, if you are stressed during your pregnancy, you'll have a cranky baby. If you take it easy, you'll have a happy baby.
In America, you're told not to eat sushi .. but in japan everyone eats sushi. =)
A nurse told me that in her country, if a woman looks "ugly" and has lots of pigmentation on her face and neck during pregnancy, then she's having a boy. If she looks pretty then she's having a girl. I laughed so hard when she told me this and because she said that once she and her mom thought an old friend was having a boy, but it turns out that she was having a girl. Ouch! Another friend from the same country said that it's true--that's how they predict the baby's gender.
Other than that, I've heard eat lots of tofu, so the skin will be white and smooth; don't eat food with lots of soy sauce b/c it'll be the opposite. Also, not to eat too much watermelon because it will make you fat.
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