Some false pregnancy myths and urban legends, as disproved by Snopes.com:
- A woman sued a pharmacy because she got pregnant after using contraceptive jelly — which she ate on a slice of toast.
- During the Civil War, a woman became pregnant after a bullet that had passed through a soldier’s scrotum lodged in her reproductive tract. Son of a gun!
- Coca-Cola can be useful as a spermicide.
- A woman was impregnated while swimming in a pool in which male swimmers had recently ejaculated.
- The birth rate in New York City increased nine months after the 1965 blackout.
- A baby born during an airplane flight automatically receives free air travel for the rest of his or her life.
- A woman gave birth to an octopus months after accidentally ingesting octopus eggs.
- You can determine a baby’s gender before birth based on the color that Drano turns when combined with the pregnant woman’s urine.
- Overdue mothers can induce birth by eating specific foods.
- You can’t get pregnant if:
- It’s your first time having sex.
- You jump up and down immediately after sex.
- You have sex during your period.
- You have sex in the shower.
- You put a heating pad on your stomach after sex.
- You have sex with your underpants on.
- You take 20 Aspirin after sex.
- The man withdraws before ejaculation.
- You have sex standing up or with the woman on top.
- You sneeze after sex.