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What happened to the baby? (Part I of II) Mothers from all over the world tell stories to one another warning about the menacing dangers of pregnancy and childhood. I hadn’t fully realized, until I myself became pregnant, how much cultural anxiety is directed toward the pregnant woman and her child. Regardless of culture, the pregnant woman is subjected to sometimes highly specific prescriptions of what to eat, behaviors to avoid, and omens to look out for, whether these be advocated by the authority of the medical community or function simply as “old wives tales.” norwegian pregnancy beliefs and legends • changelings • spirits • unwanted babies • baptism
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