Unfortunately the criticism and "advice" doesn't stop when you give birth - nothing you get now will compare to what you get when your son is born!!!

Like Sherie said, some people will mean well with their advice. Others will think that if you don't do things the way they do you're the worst mother in the world. I've listened to all the advice people have offered me over the 8 months of my DD's life. Some of it was really useful, some worked for their baby but not mine, and some was just complete nonsense that I disregarded. I narrowly avoided an argument with a good friend when she continued to insist that my 7 day old baby was manipulating me when I cuddled her to sleep!!!

It is annoying when you get unwanted advice, and even more so when you've struggled with a decision yourself and other people come along to make you second guess yourself. My advice (ha ha) is fight the fights you think you need to fight, but as much as you can just smile and let it go, and just do whatever it is you think is right for your family. Its not worth the effort with some people.