Midwife crisis

Today we have been for our first mid-wife appointment. Being a first-time pregnant couple we did not know what to expect in the slightest - and it really hit home for the first time that we're actually bringing a child into this world!! (and to think we're going to be raising the next generation of politicians and scientists!!)

Anyway, the session went really well and we left with a big pack full of leaflets containing dos and donts. We were thinking afterwards that there seems to be a lot of 'guidelines' to what you can and cant do, particularly around food. Which kind of makes you think; how did generations-gone-by cope when this information wasnt so readily available? Sometimes I think you can be too cautious about these things. We understand the obvious risks associated with smoking and drinking during pregnancy but I mean, eating an apple from a supermarket which has been placed there by a shop assistant whose mother had a bag of cashews in 1995 is hardly going to make our child boz-eyed and talk with a lisp is it? Theyre tough little boggers - even at 12 weeks.

btw - the reason I've used a blue template is because Im convinced its going to be a boy!