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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 18:23 PM  
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How about this for an old wives tale!


Apparently, a colleague of OH has said that instead of having sex to speed up labour (as semen has the right chemicals in it etc), instead ingest the semen ....


Is someone pulling my leg????
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 18:25 PM  
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Even if they weren't... deffo not something I could ever stomach.. I mean I know some girls do... but no no no no no !!!!
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 18:28 PM  
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Exactly - I'm not THAT desperate!!
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 18:32 PM  
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Sounds like an old husbands tale hahaha!!!
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 18:37 PM  
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Ha Ha sounds like something my OH would say... might be true tho lol
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 18:39 PM  
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Surley if you digest it, then the baby does too, it would just feel soooo wrong.
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 18:41 PM  
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I have read that somewhere - but I don't think I'll ever be that desperate! Not that it's bad or anything - just not something I'm willing to do.
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 19:32 PM  
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Sounds like an old husbands tale hahaha!!!
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 19:33 PM  
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Sounds like an old husbands tale hahaha!!!
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Old Aug 27th, 2008, 19:36 PM  
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ewwww!God I'm well queasy at the mo.I'd rather cook baby longer than do that.Must have been a man coming up with that pile of crap.He obviously deprived as we are so mean!
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