Pantang Larang

One of the thing that is not fun about pregnancy is that you get a lot of "dont". You are not suppose to eat this, do this, say this etc. My mom always tell me, do not drink cold or ice drink during pregnancy or else then the bb will come out with a lot of phlegm and get cough easily and hence difficult to take care. I think many of chinese have heard this, DO NOT ever eat mutton during pregnancy or else the baby with be born with epilepsy. I remember this all the time but last month i was conviced by one of my chinese friend that she ate alot of mutton during her last pregnancy and even now that she is pregnant she still eat mutton, then i ate mutton. We are always told that pregnant woman is not suppose to move house or drill holes on the wall or do renovation at home, or else the baby will turn out with some physical defect like a big patch of birth mark on their face, etc and do not watch movie showing animal like monkey or snake then the bb born resemble face of the animal and so on. Im not taking the old wives tale seriouly but if my bb is born with epilepsy or any physical defect, im the one to be blame. Old wives tale or not, i think i should really stop drinking a can of softdrink everyday pregnant or not. Maybe the phlegm story make a little bit of sense.