Terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad advice!

KatieSetler · July 2015

So I'm sure we've all been subject to a lot of unnecessary and probably unwarranted advice. What's some of the worst, or most "Huh?" worthy tips you gotten?

I had a girl today tell me that you don't actually NEED prenatals, because she quit taking them at 5mo and her baby was fine! "I also smoked and drank Mt. Dew every day, and was fine. Don't listen to the doctors." Um, that's okay, I'll just keep listening to the professionals...

nmwheel1 · July 2015

When pregnant with dd I kept having a co-worker tell me to mix pablum (sp?) into their bottle as early as 2 months because breastmilk will just not be enough.... Umm thanks but no thanks.

lyankowi · July 2015

Been told to stop running because they will make stretch marks worse. Ummm ok

MargaretC5 · July 2015

I was told to do jumping Jacks while in labor so the baby would fall out.

grapesoda1111 · July 2015

This wasn't said to me, but my friend who went through IVF. "You're about 2 weeks pregnant then, you better start wearing maternity clothes so you don't restrict the baby"

jsf1986 · July 2015

My husband's coworker told him that ultrasounds cause autism. Ummmm, wtf!?!?

makeoutside7 · July 2015

I had a coworker shame me for having a cup of coffee and warn me that if I continue to drink coffee my baby will be "very active" after it is born. Um okay.

sarahsnowball · July 2015

When I went overdue with DS, hubby advised me to shine a torch into my vagina to show the baby the way out.
I'm sorry to say he wasn't even joking!

MargaretC5 · July 2015

makeoutside7 said:
I had a coworker shame me for having a cup of coffee and warn me that if I continue to drink coffee my baby will be "very active" after it is born. Um okay.

I have had multiple people mention coffee to me. My favorite was a childless male coworker who said it, then I replies it was ok in limited quanties, he "I don't know I don't have kids"... then why are you telling me what I should be doing

rox7777 · July 2015

I think my favorite is always how saggy your boobs will get if you breastfeed "too often or too much".

I know this happens to some women, but I didn't have this problem and even if I did... they're going to get saggy eventually. Gravity, my friends.

maurahalp · July 2015

A co-worker said to me that the more coffee we drink the darker the babys skin will be!
Between the active babies and skin colour who would have thought coffee would have such an influence on the next generation ;-) !!

AmyReneT · July 2015

Guy friend of mine came over and asked how the wine was I said "wine?" He was like "ya, wine. You can drink wine while pregnant right?" I said "well... Some ppl do but I'm not." He kept going on and on about how it was OK wine was good for you and his mom drank the whole time she was pregnant with him and he's fine...
Ummm Ok... Leave me alone

bellie1223 · July 2015

sarahsnowball said:
When I went overdue with DS, hubby advised me to shine a torch into my vagina to show the baby the way out.
I'm sorry to say he wasn't even joking!

Please tell me by torch you mean flashlight!! This keeps making me giggle thinking about how bad that would hurt ;-)

strimble26 · July 2015

When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I had a server at a cafe REFUSE to bring me ice tea because I was pregnant. I told her until she could produce her medical degree for me, she best be bringing me my tea.

sarahsnowball · July 2015

bellie1223 said:

sarahsnowball said:
When I went overdue with DS, hubby advised me to shine a torch into my vagina to show the baby the way out.
I'm sorry to say he wasn't even joking!
Please tell me by torch you mean flashlight!! This keeps making me giggle thinking about how bad that would hurt ;-)

Haha yes a flashlight, we just call them torches here

oliarnmom1517 · July 2015

strimble26 said:
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I had a server at a cafe REFUSE to bring me ice tea because I was pregnant. I told her until she could produce her medical degree for me, she best be bringing me my tea.

The lady at meijer yesterday looked at me like I was a Cyclopes because I was buying a thing of snapple tea.. She then said "teas bad for babies when your pregnant" umm I'm sorry but if you had a medical degree why are you working for minimum wage at meijer? Don't judge what I want to drink dammit just scan my stuff so I can home and drink my half and half tea and watch wreck it Ralph..

bellie1223 · July 2015

A friend of mine (who has a kid!) told me I shouldn't be eating fish. So then I had to explain to her why fish are good for the baby and what fishes I was told to avoid in large quantities, etc, because she just didn't seem to believe me that it was ok to eat fish at all while pregnant.

Also, I work at a brewery and have not been drinking since I found out I was pregnant (a sip here or there, but nothing to speak of), but it seems to really piss off one of the other ladies I work with, she keeps telling me how it's ok to drink while pregnant and tries to goad me into having a beer. Leave me the f*ck alone lady, like pp said, I want to ask her why she is working at a brewery since she obviously has a medical degree.

helsbels222 · July 2015

oorl11052015 said:

strimble26 said:
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I had a server at a cafe REFUSE to bring me ice tea because I was pregnant. I told her until she could produce her medical degree for me, she best be bringing me my tea.

The lady at meijer yesterday looked at me like I was a Cyclopes because I was buying a thing of snapple tea.. She then said "teas bad for babies when your pregnant" umm I'm sorry but if you had a medical degree why are you working for minimum wage at meijer? Don't judge what I want to drink dammit just scan my stuff so I can home and drink my half and half tea and watch wreck it Ralph..

I love Wreck it Ralf!!

KatieSetler · July 2015

When I told a coworker that if we had a boy, we wouldn't circumsize, she just said. "Yes you will!" Um, fuck you, I won't. Apparently, her brother didn't circumsize his son, and they never cleaned the baby's penis, so he got an infection. That's not a cautionary tale about circumsicions, that's just basic hygeine!!

Soyyoyary · July 2015

I been told by family and friends and even customers to "tie my tubes". The judgement comes because come November I will be mother of "Irish Twins".I always say " we want four this is #3" and just laugh. I get weird looks all the time ..

FilbertTree · July 2015

Oh man, I'm super glad that I'm an antisocial hermit and pretty much manage to avoid human interaction. Because seriously, eff.that.noise.

Cook3133 · July 2015

I must have one of those resting bitch faces, no one (in my 3 now 4 pregnancies) have said anything to me. AND if someone wants to touch my belly they always ask first. I guess it could be because I am 6' talk to and the average person where I live is like 5'6".

hlz128 · July 2015

Someone I used to work with told me to smoke weed or drink a little alcohol to help the baby calm down if he is being really active or causing me pain because she used to do that and her son was fine... Um...what!?

lakesideknitter · July 2015

My FIL told me it was safe to water ski as long as a wear a full-body wetsuit to hold the baby in. WTAF.

KatieSetler · July 2015

anikajoy said:
My FIL told me it was safe to water ski as long as a wear a full-body wetsuit to hold the baby in. WTAF.

Well you DON'T want the baby falling out in the water, do you?

katiedhunter · July 2015

When I was pregnant with my second boy I had a lady tell me if I ate yogurt he would turn into a girl. Not too super crazy I think I've read that weird thought in an article. But......She said this to me when I told her we knew it was a boy after our ultrasound! Lol WTF.

lakesideknitter · July 2015

KatieSetler said:

anikajoy said:
My FIL told me it was safe to water ski as long as a wear a full-body wetsuit to hold the baby in. WTAF.
Well you DON'T want the baby falling out in the water, do you?

I literally could not believe he said those words... Totally called him out for completely making it up, and he said some lady he knew was given that advice by her doc.

CarrieOct15 · July 2015

Haha - I think you ladies will appreciate this Buzzfeed video then.

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https://youtu.be/-_gUeNMa3mA

katiedhunter · July 2015

@CarrieOct15 I watched this the other day! So funny and so true!! Lol

vomitrosa · July 2015

When my daughter was an infant and would get a stuffy nose, an in-law suggested I rub vicks vapor rub under her nose....WHHHHATTTT!! Never!

VexedMommy · July 2015

vomitrosa said:

When my daughter was an infant and would get a stuffy nose, an in-law suggested I rub vicks vapor rub under her nose....WHHHHATTTT!! Never!

That actually works really well and I've used it on myself and my daughter. It works great with chronically runny noses since the viscosity protects the skin below from getting irritated.

vomitrosa · July 2015

@carrieoct15 hahahaha! That was so hilarious I think my favorite part was "Don't get an epidural or you'll just tear your taint right up to your a$$hole"....i'm dead!

Falchas · July 2015

When I was pregnant with my son, the owner at a Thai restaurant we frequented refused to make my order at the highest spice level as requested. She told me that she didn't want me to have the baby in the restaurant.

geologynerd · July 2015

The cleaning lady at work told me not to put the time out chair in the bedroom.

mrsericalsmith · July 2015

Ladies thank you! I needed that laugh.

laleiste · July 2015

This thread is perfection. XD I haven't had anything too bad... just my MIL reminding me everytime I see her that I shouldn't over indulge because "You don't want to gain too much weight while pregnant."... *stuffs face with a brownie*

jamiem522 · July 2015

Soo many... But the funniest was this past weekend, traveling in an uber and the driver told me I couldn't run because it feels like an earthquake to the baby. He literally said, I've spoken to a lot of doctors about that. Oh yeah? Are you a pregnant woman running a marathon? I think not.

kbonel · July 2015

I've gotten the coffee one for sure... My dr was totally joking but after DH and I told him we were both really big babies he said he may recommend smoking toward the end of pregnancy to help lower the birth weight. Totally a joke but I was 9lbs3oz and DH was 11lbs7oz. Hoping for an average sized kid.

brownloveone · July 2015

I got the "don't take prenatal vitamins because they're bad for the baby.They cause babies to grow too big and be born with lots of hair and that's so unnatural" - - wtf???

jpierre91 · August 2015

I was told I need to get rid of my cats because they will steal my babies breathe.

Kitta+1 · August 2015

I was told to get rid of my rats that I've had for the past 4 years (they are very old) because rats are 'just nasty creatures.' Unless they are sneaking out at night and finding a sewer to play in that I don't know about, I'm pretty sure I know exactly where they've been and they take regular baths. They are intelligent and affectionate creature, but people can be so judgmental just because they are rats and 'rats are icky.'

I was also told to get rid of my cats. I've been told both that will steal the baby's breath and also their soul. Because cats love baby souls apparently.

I've gotten all the usuals - don't raise your hands above your head, don't eat spicy/sour/sweet/any food, don't eat honey, don't drive, don't use public transportation by yourself (am I supposed to hire a chauffeur?) and my favorite has to be "don't visit elderly people - if they die, their soul could possess the baby." No joke.

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