16 Pregnancy Myths

Everything from books to magazines to relatives and neighbors have a plethora of advice about pregnancy do's and don'ts, but what's the truth?

By Annie Murphy Paul

Sarah Kehoe

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Pregnancy Fact or Fiction?

Books, magazines, websites -- there's a bewildering array of information about pregnancy out there, and that's not even counting the opinions of relatives, friends and co-workers. How can you tell what's true from what's false? Cutting-edge fetal research is challenging some of the conventional wisdom about pregnancy, producing findings that may surprise you. (Here's one: Eating chocolate during pregnancy is a good idea!) Read on to find out more about what science can tell us about how pregnancy really works.

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