is this an old wives tale?

ColtonsMom · Jan 8th, 2008, 01:19 AM

Everyone says that you shouldn't raise your arms above your head when you are pregnant.. is this true?
what will it cause?

Also, when I am sleeping, the only way I can get comfy is with one arm raised and under my pillow, then pillow, then my head, then the other arm raised and above my head with my hands held together. Is this bad for my LO?

turbo_mom · Jan 8th, 2008, 03:42 AM

so not true lol put your arms up all u want!!!

Always&4ever · Jan 8th, 2008, 03:42 AM

I've never heard that it's bad

cutie_wutie · Jan 8th, 2008, 04:36 AM

Welll thats a new one on me...lol never heard that before n this is my 4th pregnancy xxxxxx

ColtonsMom · Jan 8th, 2008, 07:27 AM

really?!

Everyone tells me this!!
Anyways, thank goodness! It just keeps coming to mind when I lay down, and I didn't know.

Newt · Jan 8th, 2008, 07:38 AM

It's an old wives tale. And a load of rubbish, arm raising is totally unrelated to anything that happens to bubbs

Tam · Jan 8th, 2008, 08:11 AM

If you raise your arms above your head while pregnant, your baby may get the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck:

As a pregnant woman, you can safely raise your arms above your head as often as you like. You can even do the hand motions to the "YMCA" and your baby will be just fine. A wrapped umbilical cord is a result of a baby's activity in the womb and has nothing to do with the activities of the mother. x

ColtonsMom · Jan 8th, 2008, 08:47 AM

Thanks! I have just been getting this worrying feeling that something is going to happen to his umbilical cord and his 'supply line' will be cut off. Like it will get wrapped around his neck, or he will get knots in it.

nikkybaby · Jan 8th, 2008, 09:29 AM

I've never heard of that before...luckily people around here don't bother giving me advice...

LilysMummy · Jan 8th, 2008, 09:34 AM

Im not laughing at you, just the thought of going through 9 months of pregnancy without raising your arms above your head. THAT would be a task lol.

How would you get dressed or wash your hair lol

xx

Jan 8th, 2008, 01:19 AM	#1
ColtonsMom Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 2,651	is this an old wives tale? Everyone says that you shouldn't raise your arms above your head when you are pregnant.. is this true? what will it cause? Also, when I am sleeping, the only way I can get comfy is with one arm raised and under my pillow, then pillow, then my head, then the other arm raised and above my head with my hands held together. Is this bad for my LO?

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Jan 8th, 2008, 03:42 AM	#2
turbo_mom Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 1,888	so not true lol put your arms up all u want!!!

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Always&4ever Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 9,507	I've never heard that it's bad

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Jan 8th, 2008, 04:36 AM	#4
cutie_wutie Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: S-O-T Uk Posts: 282	Welll thats a new one on me...lol never heard that before n this is my 4th pregnancy xxxxxx

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Jan 8th, 2008, 07:27 AM	#5
ColtonsMom Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 2,651	really?! Everyone tells me this!! Anyways, thank goodness! It just keeps coming to mind when I lay down, and I didn't know.

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Jan 8th, 2008, 07:38 AM	#6
Newt Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: wales Posts: 3,710	It's an old wives tale. And a load of rubbish, arm raising is totally unrelated to anything that happens to bubbs

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Jan 8th, 2008, 08:11 AM	#7
Tam Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London Posts: 9,880	If you raise your arms above your head while pregnant, your baby may get the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck: As a pregnant woman, you can safely raise your arms above your head as often as you like. You can even do the hand motions to the "YMCA" and your baby will be just fine. A wrapped umbilical cord is a result of a baby's activity in the womb and has nothing to do with the activities of the mother. x

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Jan 8th, 2008, 08:47 AM	#8
ColtonsMom Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 2,651	Thanks! I have just been getting this worrying feeling that something is going to happen to his umbilical cord and his 'supply line' will be cut off. Like it will get wrapped around his neck, or he will get knots in it.

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Jan 8th, 2008, 09:29 AM	#9
nikkybaby Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 981	I've never heard of that before...luckily people around here don't bother giving me advice...

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Jan 8th, 2008, 09:34 AM	#10
LilysMummy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: West Midlands Posts: 838	Im not laughing at you, just the thought of going through 9 months of pregnancy without raising your arms above your head. THAT would be a task lol. How would you get dressed or wash your hair lol xx

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