This girl just grinds me. I get it’s her first ‘proper’ pregnancy & she’s excited but she’s going to have such a reality hit. Buying so much ‘tiny baby’ & 0-3 months - what if baby is over 8lb (which is very very common) they will be in them for a few weeks never mind months. Even so, what is baby is a hungry baby and feeds round the clock & gains weight quickly (also very common)? Or the opposite, baby doesn’t take to the formula & you’re having to change / switch trying to find the right one. What if baby has colic, reflux or CMPA? What if she tears - the post birth recovery was properly the hardest & least talked about aspect of the 4th trimester. I get this impression once she has contractions (if she goes naturally) she thinks she will have an epidural and it’s all happy days / lay on the bed until it’s time to push. What if she needs forcepts? Even if she has an induction, does she realise most end in more medical intervention and even the ones that don’t, take days and often put stress on baby - they are not another easy option. How will she deal with the reality of night feeds because they are different to working a night shift? Does she realise it’s more uncommon than common for babies to sleep through the night? Most don’t sleep through until 1+ years.
im not one to mum shame or judge another first time mum because no one can prepare you for motherhood but she needs to stop going back & forth &acting like pregnancy, labour & rising a baby is like following a text book.