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Originally Posted by Eroica
When my mother was pregnant with my elder sister, she spilt some boiling water from a kettle on her forearm. A friend who was with her at the time told her that when the child was born it would have a birthmark on its arm in the same spot.
A few days after the birth this friend visited my mother and the first thing she did was ask to see the baby's forearm. My mother had forgotten all about the incident with the boiling water, but when she rolled back the baby's sleeve there was the birthmark!
It's still there, and my mother swears to the accuracy of this old-wive's tale.
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I completely agree. My mom has told me of similar stuff happening to people that she knew in the 70s. Someone in her church nicked their finger in the kitchen and the baby had a scar on his finger at the same location. And Second person was my moms aunt. She was pregnant and was dying a white fabric red on the day of the solar eclipse. Unfortunately half of the fabric was dyed. The baby's entire body was two colors. Half red and half white. I've even met that cousin. Initially the doctors thought that it was hemangioma and would disappear with age. But it didn't.
I'm not sure how much truth there is to all this. But my mom has seen too many cases and she's a doctor. There's no scientific proof but if I'm pregnant I wouldn't take any chances. I would just sit in my bed and not do anything to be on the safe side.