When you have a major life event happen people are quick to line up and give you their advice. They don't care what the situation is, what the backstory or history may be, or if you even want to listen to them. I remember it well when we got married and it definitely happened when I got pregnant. Between the unsolicited advice, the repetitive questions and the reading that I did, I was done hearing or taking in any information by my third trimester. I heard it all for eight months and was just as overwhelmed, if not more so, than month three or four. Are you going to breast feed? Are you doing a natural birth? What if you have to have a C-Section? Do you want to be induced? Will you stay home or take him to daycare? What about your dog, you're not going to get rid of him are you? Will you have him vaccinated? You need to get out of the house! You need to exercise and be social! And then came all of the unsolicited advice and know it all knowledge. Breastfeed...
My life with anxiety.