h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

If you believe you are pregnant, you shouldnt pull the plug of a bath while actually still in the bath. Its said to dislodge the foetus as the water runs out the plughole...

The suction in the plug hole is not transferred to your innards, unless you actually sit right on top of the plug hole, blocking it. So this is definitely not true.

You can get pregnant standing up.

You can get pregnant from sex during your period.

You can get pregnant even if the man withdraws before orgasm.

anyone know any good "wives tales" for encouraging gender? my hubby is intent we must have a girl....

as for bursting another myth, it is also possible to get pregnant (or get someone else pregnant, depending on your gender) while losing your virginity.

depending on the circumstances and the degree of heavy petting, it is also possible to become pregnant BEFORE losing your virginity. hope i'm not being too graphic here, but when fooling around in various states of dress (genitalia exposed) if the man ejaculates NEAR the womans vagina, even tho penetration has not occured it is possible to conceive. sperm are ambitious little swimmers....

An elderly neighbor of mine swore by aspirin as a contraceptive.

She was convinced that as long as a young lady kept one firmly squeezed between her thighs, pregnancy was impossible. ;-p

you know.....that method is probably foolproof.
a wise woman, your neighbor.

Depends on whether the young woman was an amputee or not.

accidentally clicked on unsubscribe instead of the link for the forum, so i had to post again to re subscribe. apologies for irrelevant post....

Stress increases the chances of a girl. Or is it a boy?

stress increases the chances that you will miss your period, making you think you are pregnant when in reality you are not.

Yeah seen that happen.

If you want a boy I think its said that you should increase your salt content up to the point you know you are definitely pregnant. For a girl you increase your sugar content.

Mum swore by this method when having my brother... She put salt on everything. But then my biologist mind says this is silly...

if i increase my sugar intake to get a girl, i'll look like i'm pregnant months before i really am. by the time i'm in the ninth month, i'll have to roll around instead of walk (or waddle as is the case in many pregnancies)

So if I see you upping sugar or salt content I'm to remind you of this right.

so what exactly is meant by upping sugar content? do i put sugar on everything? or do i just eat more sugary foods?

Don't look at me ask my future Mother-in-law by the look of it.

hubby wants to know.....

"who eats the sugar? potential mother or father?"

does it work better if we both do it?

Darling you not answering this poor woman or has your biologist's head taken over again.

There is always praying that is ferly usless..sorry just a little bitter about that stuff I my explane that at some point erm gender. that was it if you sleep with a pink ribbon under your pillow and sleep on the right for girl and a red ribbon and on the left for a boy...I think I may have the sides mixed up it is whichever sde th buttons go on any way

You could always adopt the Indian system and burn women who persist in producing daughters. Strange how it's the man who is responsible for the sex of the baby but the woman who gets torched......

Whatever you do, don't handle a Pekingese dog while you're pregnant, or the baby will look like it when it's born.