I’m pregnant with my first baby, and I’m really excited, but also finding that all the rules and recommendations are driving me kind of insane. It feels like there’s always something I COULD be doing to maximize the chances my baby is healthy/safe, but there are so many rules! And if I don’t follow them all, I feel guilty and anxious that I’m harming the baby (even if logically, I know this isn’t true). Am I crazy?
Congratulations!
Nope, not crazy at all. There are a lot of “rules” during pregnancy, and it can be hard to sort through which are important and which are not.