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[xjimenezx]

I have a strange question to ask, first, at the moment I'm 8 weeks 4 days pregnant with my first baby...my question though is: is it bad to watch scary movies in the first trimester? My mother had always told me not to watch anything scary, cause it could harm the fetus, i don't know if it's an old wives tale though...i appreciate any and all

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[eslee]

I don't know...I can't NOT suspend my disbelief, and I get waaaaay too worked up when I watch stuff like that. My heart & BP race the whole time and the stress hormones flood. That is normal pre-pregnancy reaction, and the reason I hate horror. Such a strong, prolonged physiological reaction probably isn't GOOD for the babe, though I don't know how bad it would be either.

[fleckerbug]

If babies were damaged every time a woman got scared, there'd be a lot less babies.

[eslee]

Hmmm, that isn't remotely what I said, but okay.

no you didn't.. but you did say you didn't know..

[fleckerbug]

Not saying you did, just you were saying you have a very visceral reaction to horror movies, and that you thought it probably wasn't bad but that you didn't know how bad it was for the baby. I was saying that we would not have survived as a race if babies couldn't handle their mothers being scared.

[xjimenezx]

it made sense to me cause fear is a negative emotion, and everyone is always saying not to get mad, stressed, or worried, cause the baby feels all that, so i just thought fear was also something to avoid if possible...

[boker_tov]

You'll stress yourself out trying not to feel stressed.

[xjimenezx]

you are 100% right, and i like that you told me this, cause sometimes i need to remember to relax, it's hard though cause this is my first baby, and i get to worried about every little thing :( i think my worry/fears just come from not knowing alot (about pregnancy)