'I was told to shave down there or the baby will get carpet burn.'
that asked pregnant women and moms,"What's the worst/most ridiculous advice someone has given you about your pregnancy?"Well, BuzzFeed readers shared some of the equally infuriating"advice" they've been given in the comments, so we rounded them up here, along with some of the most memorable responses from the original post:"My grandma told me that drinking too much water would drown the baby, and suggested I drink a glass of cola instead. She had four kids.
"I did not drink this combo and instead was medically induced several days later. Labor/delivery was swift and my baby was healthy.""I was told that because the baby grows inside the mother's stomach, everything she eats or drinks just falls right onto the baby.""Someone told my significant other not to bathe because the baby would drown. Their thinking was that the umbilical cord acted as a sort of snorkel from the baby to the mother's navel.
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