1 that labour is nothing to be scared of. I remember saying to DH about half way into my first birth that I was really scared because I didn't really know what was going to happen next and I wished I had of just embraced it more kwim?

2 that breastfeeding is natural, but it doesn't come naturally. I really wish someone had of told me that. All the books said that breastfeeding is great, but none of them said that it is bloody hard work making it work. And also that while it is hard at first, that it does get easier. I was a mess for the first two weeks, but once we got to the 4wk mark everything just clicked and I felt more like a Mum then than I did for the first 4 weeks.