Spit-up On My Shoulder

Just got back from Target and a marathon shopping spree with my daughters to get ready for an upcoming vacation. There was a pregnant mom there and I’m pretty sure that she was a first-time mom because 1: she didn’t have older kids with her, and 2: I just have an instinct about this from working with moms so much.

Whenever I see an expectant new mom in public, I have to hold myself back from telling them about doulas, or my book, or my blog, or showing them things that would have helped me incredibly like Harvey Karp’s 5 S’s Method for calming babies. Am I the only mom who feels this way, or is it because I work with new mothers?

I might startle them if I say something, but I wish someone had clued me in. When I was pregnant with Danielle, I remember how unworried I was about handling life after her birth. I thought “if I can just get through labor, I’ll be fine.” What a joke! Once Danielle arrived, oh how I wished I had done so much more to line up my own support.

So if you’re pregnant for the first time and see a crazed looking woman on a mission approaching you, don’t worry. It’s just me.