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8959643 tn?1418549184

Safety pin? Protects baby?

Hey ladies I'm a ftm I'm 25 weeks and I've been told to wear a safety pin and key and a red ribbon on my shirt by my belly to protect my baby cuz we are having a eclipse like at 3 am I think? But it's suppose to protect the baby from getting a cleft lip? Anybody else heard of this???
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I'm Mexican to my mother in law been telling me about it and force me to wear it lol
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My best friends mom made her wear a safety pin while she was pregnant. She is Mexican and told me it was a Mexican superstition
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I never did any of that and my daughter was born without complications or abnormalities...100% healthy.
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It's a superstition....
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