What's the stupidest advice/comments you have received about pregnancy or childrearing

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Sorry if this has been done lots of times before (had a search to no avail) but I'm wondering if anyone had encountered jaw-droppingly ridiculous advice from medics/family/friends/colleagues etc when they were up the duff?

A (slightly batty and worryingly skinny) colleague told me that throwing up was a great way to lose the baby weight postpartum so long as you don't 'rely on it too much'.

My mother, 'Perhaps he cries a lot because your milk isn't good enough.'

aitch i have high bp and get the stars n certain postion - at the start of pregnancy had LOW bp and had the same so thinking about it is IS good advice just not for the reason my grandmother gives (i.e cord tangling)

That I wasn't ill, I was pregnant so should walk as much as possible. This after just being discharged from hospital where I was treated for dehydration as I could not eat or drink due to hyperemesis. I have never felt so weak in my life.

I got the old 'add some rice to his bottle' to make him sleep from MIL.
Pointedly as I was just about managing to ebf at the time, of course was told that to move h

Gah bloomin phone...
To move him onto formula would make him sleep through the night, wean him at 3 months (he was prem ffs!)
All the usual madness.
S

I'm sorry, I'm still reeling in horror at nipple filing.

My friends DH asked her if he could try some breast milk.

Eww

But my favourite was that bf-ing was causing my back pain and insomnia which turned out to be gallstones....
Harrumph

My HV told me to wake my newborn in the middle of the night to change her nappy

After a few nights of a screaming child woken up to have its poor wee bum wiped, we caught a glimpse of reality through the sleep-fog and stopped.

I was told by a friend when I was pregnant with my first baby 'don't have a c-section, it would be silly and you'll get depressed after and hate your baby'

why would a dh be squicked at bm? surely he's tasted quite a lot of her bodily fluid, unless they have sex just to make babies?

I haven't heard anything too bad so far (14 wks pg with first) although my mum thinks my one cup of coffee a day is evil as it's 'pure caffeine' whereas her 7 or 8 cups of tea a day contain less caffeine than one coffee

Must say I don't think a partner tasting breast milk is disgusting though! If my DH wanted to I'd happily let him. Might even make cappuccino with it for a laugh

bicard as heartburn remedy is true. My dad used it and swears by it.

A few of the gems given me by my 80 year old grandmother included leaving 2 week old DD to cry between feeds as a. it was good for her lung development and b. she would feed better if I made her wait longer. She also told me not to hold her too much as I would spoil her (2 weeks old remember) and it would make her little bones ache

I don't see what's wrong about the spoon of bicarb in milk - that's a very effective indigestion remedy. Tastes horrible though.

The only bit of stupidity I had was from my MIL who said that "mother nature" (whoever the fuck that is) helps women to cope with sleep deprivation, but it's much harder for men. Of course what she was really saying was that I was lazy bitch for actually expecting DH to help with night feeds. I ignored her.

Great Granny told us not to let DBro (c. 9 months) 'walk' holding our hands as it would give him bandy legs.

My mil has so many gems it's unreal - this is just a few off the top of my head:

If the baby twitches in it's sleep you should wake them up to stop them dreaming.

If you want to dry up your breast milk (I was ebf dd) you should express a cup full and throw it onto a sun drenched wall (yes really)

If you injure yourself while pg it will show up on the child - She burnt her hand when she was pg with bil, and that is the reason bil has a birth mark on his leg.

She is very entertaining in an exasperating way

I don't find the DH wanting to taste his wife's breast milk weird at all. Is it any weirder than him drinking milk from a cow? or tasting formula?

In my opinion, a man who wants to suckle on his wife's breast to drink her milk is weird. But who am I to judge.

I am 8 weeks pregnant, suffering from Morning Sickness and have a two bus, hour and a half journey to work. I googled advice on coping with MS and public transport and found an utter gem. "Consider not taking the bus, and have a nap instead." Will I wake up at work?!?

Nope, I'm planning on tasting my milk, I'm the curious type. Might dare DH to. It's not weirder than cows milk, etc.
Love the baby twitching in sleep one. Way to go, torturing from an early age!

I'm not sure about the suckling part (can adults suckle?) I just thought you meant a taste of expressed milk.

My mother told me not to get an epidural because I wouldn't walk for 4 days afterward, and it was very likely I would never walk again!

She is crazy though.

There is nothing wrong with DH tasting milk, People sexualise things

Ah! Crux of the problem, nipple sucking to get milk, or just trying some expressed milk...
Bitty anyone???

I should have clarified, her DH wanted to suckle.
Now, I get that during non breastfeeding times in their lives, he would often clamp down on her nips- I presume.....

But I just think....

bitty....