Ridiculous Pregnancy Advice Examined

By Erica Kain

Does anyone receive more unsolicited advice than a pregnant woman? Now that my pregnancy is obvious to any passer-by, I’m getting it from all sides.
Although it may be well-intentioned, most of the advice I receive from anyone but my doctor sounds like bunk.
Here are five of the more bothersome bits of “wisdom” I have been told—and the truth behind them. View the slideshow.