Q&A: Guilt during pregnancy

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.