PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Umbilical Cord, Prenatal Care, Miscarriage

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Folk wisdom and pregnancy, fact or fiction? hose. ) This activity is designed to help you appreciate the strength and roots of misleading folk wisdom about conception, pregnancy, and birth, and to help you apply the knowledge gained in this unit. Drawing on the folk tales of family and friends, this activity will likely reveal a range of beliefs. If it means that the mother must be better nourished in order to the last months of pregnancy vigorous intercourse can sometimes trigger premature labour. Folk wisdom, or old wives(cid:495) tales, concerning conception, pregnancy, and birth is still passed on today. Some is based on fact and observation; other bits of wisdom are derived from fears or are no longer true for a healthy mother who receives good prenatal care. As well, many myths are told in the attempts to thwart sexual experimentation and activities due to the risks involved, particularly for girls.