I had my first midwife and dr appointment with the womens and I'm just int my second trimester. All through my first trimester and before, I had been hearing about all the stats and warnings about conception, pregnancy, breastfeeding and so on. For example, before we conceived "oh you know it will be a LOT harder to be pregnant once you go past 30". Really? Well I had a GREAT time conceiving and now that I am pregnant I have had such a good pregnancy that I have to pinch myself. I am 36. Next! The other day my SIL told me that she doesn't use talcum powder because it has shown to cause cancer...........while smoking a cigarette??..........while 20 weeks pregnant??????? Ok moving right along. My midwife appointment? Well the midwife asked me if I will be breastfeeding. I said "If I can, I will." She said to me " Of course you can, some women just get it in their head that they can't and then they have a hard time BF'ing but if you persist, then of course you can, it's all psychological." What the? One of my really good friends was absolutely wanting to breastfeed but had no milk, and because of pressure from midwives to BF she tried and tried and developed mastitis and her baby was unhappy, she was unhappy but if only she knew it was only in her head?? I just bit my tongue really hard and didn't say anything because I thought, I want this to be a pleasant experience.

So anyone else have any favorite gems to share ?