So, have you heard the one about how if a man drinks Mountain Dew it will lower his sperm count significantly enough to keep him from being able to get a woman pregnant?
How about the one that says if you’re a woman and you do jumping jacks after sex, the sperm will just fall out and this will keep you from getting pregnant?
The fact is conception myths have been around since ancient times.
Remember the one about the stork bringing babies? Well that is just another example of an ancient pregnancy & conception myth.
People who believe in these conception myths find themselves frequently being called (you guessed it), parents.
Two other common myths about pregnancy & conception:
- If the man wears 2 condoms, it provides double the protection. Well… no. Actually, the friction created during sex will be more likely to cause one or both condoms to rip — making conception much more likely.
- You can’t get pregnant if you have sex in a hot tub — because the heat and chlorine kill all the sperm. Well… not exactly. While the chlorine and heat will kill the sperm that get into the water, they will not kill those that remain inside your body.
Remember the Mountain Dew myth and the jumping jacks one? Neither of these is true either. The yellow dye in Mountain Dew is believed to kill a man’s sperm, but sadly it does not. As for a woman doing jumping jacks… uh oh, those sperm are really fast little swimmers and they can easily stay inside the woman’s body and fertilize an egg even if she’s doing jumping jacks.
Have you ever heard of pregnant women becoming scatterbrained and forgetful? Do you think this too is a pregnancy myth? Find out why there is so much controversy regarding this condition frequently associated with pregnancy called mommy brain.
