Pieces of advice I'm tired of hearing/seeing even when they're not addressed to me

[ailbhe]

If you breastfeed exclusively, your period won't come back until you introduce solids.

If you can talk through them, they're not real contractions.

You mustn't [anything] while you're pregnant or breastfeeding.

It's ok never to sterilise bottle-feeding equipment (especially when it's said to someone seeking advice for a newborn).

You need to prepare your breasts for breastfeeding by [arcane and painful ritual].

You have to / must never attempt to set a routine for the baby.

I forget the rest, because it's hot and I'm very very pregnant today. And I have an NCT coffee social this afternoon with ONE attendee so far. And she has a bump, not a baby, which may well make it even harder to talk. I may scavenge some others up somehow.

Comments

[clare-s.livejournal.com]

or "You have everything you could possibly want, why are you so down"

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

or "If you really loved your baby, you wouldn't feel like this"

...

[squishsplash.livejournal.com]

This strain is frightening...
My current varient on it (how could I have forgotten) is:

"Don't cry while pregnant. If you cry a lot while pregnant, your baby will experience it, and when baby is born, will be melancholly and cry a lot for no reason."