Why cant you have a pram in the house while you're pregnant?

Question

Apparently its really "bad luck" according to my mother in law. I'm confused as my mum had my old pram in the loft when pregnant with my little brother, as she planned to use it again for him and nothing horrible happened. I'm interested to know why its bad luck and where the idea comes from, also does it extend to moses baskets or cots or any other baby equipment? I'm not superstitious but she wont allow me to have the pram in my house, she's keeping it at hers, it makes her really nervous to even consider it!

Answer 1

its just a way of expressing anxiety about the future. i would tolerate your mil peculiarity if i were you. you keep on planning for your baby as normal. if you want to have the other stuff in the house though, i would go ahead. compromise is often the name of the game with in laws.

Answer 2

Hi I heard this when my mother in laws neice was pregnant she kept the moses basket at her house as its considered bad luck, really its anything like that, cot, moses basket etc, Im not sure about a pram thought. It all depends if you are superstious and want to believe it. I have my pram and everything already set up as its more ideal that way.

Answer 3

I had my pram sitting in my loungeroom for months before my baby was born. I just loved looking at it and thinking about pushing it around with my baby in it. Instead of pushing it around empty. I didn't know it was "bad luck". Everything has been great.

Answer 4

its an old wives tale, thats the way my mum and granny were but i brought the pram into the house anyway and nothing bad happened...if something bads going to happen it will happen regardless of whether you had a pram in your house!

Answer 5

That is all it is, an old wive's tale. It harks back to the days when infant mortality was much higher and it was not assumed that mother and baby always came through birth safely.

I would let yr M in L have it her way for now! keeps the clutter to a minimum doesn't it?!

Answer 6

It is superstitions to have any item the baby sleeps in in the house before the baby is born, but it is only new items.  Once it has been used by another baby its ok to have in the house whilst you are pregnant.  I didn't have anything in for my first baby, but had everything in and ready for the second as I had used it already for my first.

Answer 7

It's just superstition!

Prove her wrong!

Answer 8

my mum was the same when i had my first its not true its just an old wives tale i had my pushchair at home with my first and i am going to again with my second, if your not superstitious i wouldnt worry

Answer 9

An old wives tail that having baby stuff in the house when trying to get pregnant or in the early part will make it hard fro you to get pregnant or you will lose the baby. It is just superstition. We have always had left over baby stuff to be handed down in all the places I have lived. I have my first child old crib and such in a closet now to use for his brother in august. Don't let it worry you, each family has one or tow people that take things very seriously. My grandmother Thinks it is bad luck to pick names before you are past the miscarriage mark.

Congrats..

Answer 10

It's one of the many superstitions of things you aren't supposed to do before the baby is born -

Don't buy baby clothes.

Don't paint the nursery.

Don't have baby equipment.

A lot of people say that green is an un-lucky colour for baby clothes.

It probably all stems from many many years ago when childbirth was a risky thing, someone did all the above whilst they were pregnant and then they lost the baby or they died in childbirth and it's turned into an Old Wive's Tale.

Answer 11

i had a pram in the house as well as the moses baskets it just silly old wives tale that my own mother in law said to me.

Answer 12

just superstition from years back.

i kept baby things while i was pregnant, and i painted the rooms. theyve all been fine. in fact im preggers now, and of course i have baby things - all my youngest daughters old things that im saving!

it depends on how much you like your MIL - you could either let her keep the things at her house to keep her sweet, or say you want it at yours and prove her wrong!

congrats, and good luck x

Answer 13

Just another lot of superstitious nonsense like shoes on the table, white rabbits, black cats and touching wood.

Answer 14

superstition,

I am 37 weeks and collecting the pram on Saturday - I want practise with it before baby arrives.

Answer 15

It's a very old superstition...from the days when many babies died in the 1st few months if they even made it out alive....really you shouldn't listen to that sort of thing....your MIL is very silly telling you that! If that were the case then how could pregnant women even go into a pram shop to choose one??? It's because in the old days you weren't supposed to take it for granted that the baby would arrive safely...there were no medical interventions or even doctors for most women...so you were not supposed to but anything for the baby as it was tempting fate or the Devil or something...I had my new pram in the house both times! If she wants to keep the [pram at hers then let her...it wont matter and she'll feel better....just dont worry about it.