Some families have disagreed with these folk practices regarding pregancy. Read below to learn more:

• Jonathan-- "My ex-mother-in-law was an endless source of folk practices - but I spent more effort in trying to avoid them than in remembering them... "
• Alexandra-- "Unless you count constantly thanking G-d for a healthy and easy pregnancy, pregnancy folk traditions aren't quite my bag!"
• Peter-- "I generally just put up with some of [my mother-in law's] practices, but my wife would tell her not to be so primitive. No blue ribbons or hamsas for her!"
• Susan-- "AMULETS???!!! Where do YOU live? It is not a matter of being old school, it simply isn't Jewish."
• Moshe-- "[These folk practices] remind me of a beautiful story [to the contrary]. This couple in the village had no children for many years. A friend advised to him to travel to the big city to seek the blessing of the wonder-working Tzaddik (righteous person) who lived there. He did it. Once he got the blessing he started thinking. 'Since I spent the time and effort to get to the big city, I might as well do my baby supplies shopping now.' A year later his wife indeed had a baby. A friend of his who was also childless asked him how he finally was blessed with a child. He told him of the wonderful Tzaddik in the big city. His friend travelled there, got the blessing and returned home. Nothing. One year went by and then a second. Nothing. Finally, he returned to the Tzaddik to ask what happened. 'I'll explain it to you,' the Tzaddik told him, 'Your friend left me full of confidence in my blessing. He went out and bought everything he needed as if the baby was born already. The baby was a reward for his _faith_. You didn't have that same faith'".