TikTok creator Jasmine Chiswell posted a video in January detailing how her 12-month old baby with eight teeth bit down on her while breastfeeding, causing her nipple to "hang off." There are no case reports in medical literature of nipples falling off during breastfeeding, Huffington Post reported. Misinformation about childbirth also detracts from the very real problems about giving birth in the US, said Nicole Calloway Rankins, an OBGYN and host of the popular podcast All About Pregnancy & Birth. "Unfortunately, a lot of validation comes from how many likes and views a video gets, so it really doesn't matter whether the content of the video is accurate, unfortunately." "The viewers are left to think, 'Well because this video has 2 million views, it must be true,'" Clark told Insider. Pregnancy is already a scary subject many people are uninformed about, making it the perfect topic for sensational social media videos to flourish, said Shannon Clark, a double board-certified OBGYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist. Millions of people have watched TikTok videos about "cons list" to being pregnant and giving birth, which includes warnings of teeth falling out and sweat turning blue. Videos that list little-known pregnancy symptoms are racking up tens of millions of views on TikTok, and some of the most-watched ones tell women to prepare for symptoms so bizarre they seem false - and that's because they are, doctors told Insider. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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