Since I didn't ask...

[beetiger]

Now that I'm pregnant, people seem to have a variety of opinions on what I should do about any baby-related topic, from what I should be eating to circumcision to sleeping arrangements to how long one should breastfeed to whether I should go back to work right away.

I'm trying not to be annoyed by this. In fact, I'm really trying to embrace it, since it's mostly well-meaning.

For this reason, I open this up to you. Please give me unsolicited advice, on any topic (not just baby stuff). Anonymous comments fine. No promises on whether I take any of it.

(I'd do this as a poll, but I wanted to leave the option of long responses.)

Comments

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Have as many people as you like there for you during labor. There were three of us there for our goddaughter's birth, and that was just about right: one for hands for the mother to mash and to whisper encouragement and get told to shut up by the mother; one for pushing on the lower back to relieve some of the pain and snarling at nurses; and one for handling the phone when the mother's mother decided to call/running errands/propping up one leg during crowning. :)