There are so many myths surrounding pregnancy, and many of them are so unlikely that we don’t believe them. Others do seem possible, so we wonder whether they are true or false. We have attempted to defeat some of the myths related to pregnancy and breast feeding below: Eat for two when you are pregnant This is an old myth but with a grain of truth. How much more you need to eat will depend very much on how much exercise you get. If you carry on at the same level as you did before becoming pregnant, you should eat around 10% more. This equates to a slice of wholemeal bread with lunch meat or 3 bananas. About half of anything extra you eat will add to your weight, whilst the other half will be used for the extra energy needed by your body(and baby). Large breasts give the most milk Milk production and the ability to breast feed have nothing to do with breast size, shape or symmetry. Women with small breasts can produce just as much milk as women with large breasts. The only difference may be that very small breasts might have less storage capacity, which means breast feeding may be required more often. But the same amount of milk will be produced over a given period. Breast feeding ruins your breasts The concept that your breasts can change shape due to breast feeding is luckily a myth. During pregnancy, your breast tissue will change. Extra glands are formed, which increase the volume of your breasts, ready to produce milk. There is no reason to not breast feed in the belief that by doing so you will retain firm, young breasts.