Pregnant & need to attend a funeral

[Mum8515]

Hi, I'm 10wks & there's been a close family death. Been reading lots about people say pregnant women shouldn't attend funerals something about bad luck/spirits.
Wasn't sure on what to do? If I was to go I would just be going to the crematorium & not going to see the body.

Our family doesn't know I'm pregnant yet waiting to tell them at 12weeks so can't really ask anyone if I should attend or not.

Anyone? X

Are you Irish?? The Irish love a good death superstition.

My mum passed away when I was 38 weeks pregnant.

My dd is gorgeous and such a happy baby and many people have commented that she looks like my mum

I'm Irish and I think it's that pregnant people shouldn't go to the burial?

I wouldn't abide by such things.

However I was at a removal while pregnant and the daughter in law of the deceased hissed quite loudly "you shouldn't even be here...... you're pregnant" #Awkward

We have this superstition too in my culture but I would go especially if a close family member.

Is this something you believe or just something you read on the Internet?

I’m Irish and went to my Irish uncles funeral when 14 weeks pregnant- went to the burial too, no one said anything and my family love a good superstition 🙊

I went it my Dad’s funeral at 14 weeks pregnant, there was no way on earth I wouldn’t have been there, both for me and for my mum and sister.

Never heard such garbage in my life

I have 3 DC and for two of my pregnancies I attended a funeral (one my grandma one a close friend of DH's).

Never heard this superstition until now!!

Wow thank you for all your replies!! I remember hearing someone comment when a pregnant lady attended a family funeral few years ago saying she shouldn't have been there because of bad spirits
I don't really believe in superstitions, then when I googled this question everywhere was like 'pregnant women shouldn't attend blah blah'

Apparently there's a few reasons why:

*Bad spirits
*Bad luck
*Women shouldn't stress during pregnancy & going to a funeral seeing others cry can stress one out

After this I will be going, thank you xx

Just one more to reassure you. I work for a church and part of my role is to do the sound and audio visual stuff for funerals, weddings, etc. I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant and I have attended at least 10 funerals during this pregnancy.
The hardest one was a couple of weeks ago for an 8 year old girl which I sobbed uncontrollably throughout (while managing to do my job) but never any issues with bad spirits, probably because I don't believe they exist!
Stress is never great, but it happens, and while you can do a lot to avoid stress in pregnancy, the occasional stressful situation (like a funeral) is never going to harm you or the baby. Its more about how you deal with it.

I went to a funeral at around 35 weeks with my first. The only issues I had were struggling to stand for long periods after the service, being uncomfortable sitting on a wooden bench at the wake, and eating far too much from the buffet