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When you're pregnant you should never hold your arms up over your
head, because the umbilical cord will tighten around the baby's neck
and strangle the baby.

Submitter comment: Felicia says that since she has been pregnant she has heard so
many superstitions about what a pregnant woman should or should not
do to maintain healthy pregnancy.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 00-00-1991

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