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bringing pram in house before birth

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littleLS · 08/04/2014 21:37

has anyone else heard this myth?? im 24 weeks, we bought our pram the other day on special offer, got it home, we put the box straight in the garage but the next day i wanted to check all bits and bobs were there incase we had to go back to shop, i put it up and assembled the pram in my porch, not actually bringing it in the house as such. after doing so went back in garage. my mum freaked out on the phone saying it was bad luck, and a few folk at work have said the same. im not a believer of myths etc but feeling paranoid now!!

has anyone else brought their pram in the house prior to birth?!!

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HandragsNGladbags · 08/04/2014 21:39

Yes, my DM went on and on and on... about this with DD1.

DH asked what would happen with DC2 when the pram had already been in the house and he got a glare

It's an old superstition, and I don't think is around that much anymore. DM insisted on keeping pram at her house which suited me until DD1 was born. I am on dc3 now and it was never mentioned again!

stargirl1701 · 08/04/2014 21:41

Yes. We did. I felt like I had to become familiar with it before DD arrived.

I think it dates back to a time when there was no real ante-natal care. People struggled to understand why, sadly, a baby had been lost before it was due and blamed it on superstitious nonsense. I find a particular generation actually find pregnancy & childbirth a very worrying time because so many mums and babies died in the past. It must've been so hard to live before modern medicine.

notnagging · 08/04/2014 21:41

Utter rubbish. There are so many ridiculous superstitions out there. You've got enough on your mind without having to think about that rubbish. Ignore

JoyceDivision · 08/04/2014 21:41

yes. my mum and mil suddenly transported through a worm hole back to the C17thwhere prams mustn't be brought in to the house before thebaby arrives, otherstuff as wellbut I wasn't listening. But DH did and he wouldn't bring the pram home til after i came home!!

Truffkin · 08/04/2014 21:46

MiL was the same but as they bought our first pram and lived 120 miles away from us she had no choice but to accept we needed it in our flat rather than do a 240 mile round trip to fetch it once the baby arrived

DC2 will be spectacularly unlucky as we're using the same pram so it's been in our house before this one was even thought of!

hotcrosshunny · 08/04/2014 21:49

You know it's silly right?

What happens with subsequent children where there are already prams in the house...?

We bought ours before ds arrived and it was fine.

whereisshe · 08/04/2014 21:50

Eh? Never heard that one. Our pram was inside the house from the time we bought it (some point in my second trimester I think). I didn't have anywhere else to keep it. DD appears to be fine

1944girl · 08/04/2014 21:53

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DioneTheDiabolist · 08/04/2014 21:57

It's a superstitious hangover from the days of high infant mortality. It must have been so painful to see a pram in the hall when there was no baby to put in it.

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littleLS · 08/04/2014 22:02

Yeah i am the same i want to get to know how it all works and become familiar with it beforehand as hubby wont always be there to help me.

my mum stays on our street and has offered to keep it but she smokes and i refuse to keep it in her house.

just going to keep it in the box in garage just now, will assemble it again closer to my due date and keep it up to get it in shape (all creased from being squished in box!!)

glad to hear others have had it in house, i know its silly but hormones telling me to panic slightly!!

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hartmel · 08/04/2014 23:05

Had ours in the house before DS arrived. I wanted to get familiar with it..
Plus we bought our high chair when I was 8 weeks pregnant, then the cot before my 20 week scan and car seat as well.
A) they where on sale B) from 27 week I got gallbladder attacks that I was in no stage going out for shopping and didn't want my hubby too. As we do everything together

ZingSweetCoconut · 08/04/2014 23:22

I keep baby in my belly till birth.
and my belly is in the house with me.

is that bad luck too?

what a load of bollocks. what if you are pg with 2nd, 3rd etc - should you not bring pram in the house then either?
I had a MC with my 5th. it was not caused by baby equipment being in close proximity.

feeona123 · 09/04/2014 00:21

We had our pram in the nursery for weeks before the baby was born.

She's here now with no problems x

weebigmamma · 09/04/2014 03:28

Yes, my best friend's baby died and did anyone suggest it was because of baby equipment? er, thankfully no! They had the equipment in their house for #2 and all was well. I think when then unthinkable actually happens that people can see what scaremongery bollocks these superstitions are. You can get as massively anxious as you like about having a baby but you can't actually make a baby die without doing something directly harmful to it.

ZingSweetCoconut · 09/04/2014 08:48

weebig

and most of the times loosing a baby is not caused by anything anyone did..it's an unexplained or unexpected tragedy.

frankiebuns · 09/04/2014 09:10

My mum is so supersticious she won't let the pram or anything babyfied in the house! So poor old fil has a housefull

hubbahubster · 09/04/2014 09:24

Frankly I needed to practice getting the darn thing up and down before DC1 was born so yes, mine was in the house.

callamia · 09/04/2014 09:30

Where else are you supposed to put it? These ridiculous superstitions are welcome to remain in the past.

Poledra · 09/04/2014 09:41

My sister passed her pram onto me for my DCs. It was in my house from 4 months before DD1 was born. It's just a superstition.

That pram was the dog's bollocks, BTW. we had 5 babies sleep in it, must have pushed it for miles. Then I gave it to the local Woman's Aid refuge. The fabric had faded slightly, I'd put new wheels on it for DD2 but it was still in good condition. The Refuge people were delighted as they had a lady in who had a baby of a few weeks old, and this was a proper, lie-'em-down pram. My sister and I hope that the good vibes from our fortunate, happy babies passed onto the lady and her baby too.

alita7 · 09/04/2014 10:08

well unless I wait until after birth which would be hugely impractical, then I will have to bring my pram in, I have no garage or porch etc and no garden.

squizita · 09/04/2014 10:12

Its from the days when stillbirths etc were much more common. Pure superstition.

Will probably end up doing it myself though, as seeing it would stress me more... Better in the garage. For me and my sanity, not as a rule!!!

Mrswellyboot · 09/04/2014 10:13

We brought ours in. My mum went mad but it needed to be out together

Mrswellyboot · 09/04/2014 10:14

Put together and I wanted everything ready. We had the Moses basket out, nappies and even baby hangers bought

JonSnowsPout · 09/04/2014 10:17

Eh? what shite!

I don't belive that if I step on a crack I will break my back either

squizita · 09/04/2014 10:21

Just re my previous post.

A woman who has had losses may not feel comfortable having stuff in the house and seeing it. In the same way as she may choose not to tell everyone bang on 12 weeks.

That's not the same as a superstitious "rule" at all! if the woman is happy with where she puts her stuff, that is what matters!

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