Do you receive a lot of unwanted advice?

I've heard it can be bad later in pregnancy, and even worse after you have the baby. Just curious how you handle the unwanted advice?Do you receive a lot of unwanted advice?
I just say, ';thanks, I have it covered.'; or ';thanks, I'll figure it out on my own'; If it is someone close to me and I know I won't offend them I am just straight forward with them and tell them that I don't want your advice.Do you receive a lot of unwanted advice?
I love that as soon as you start telling people you are pregnant everyone around you become pregnancy experts ( It makes me triple mad when it is someone with no kids!!!!!) I got sick or arguing with everyone, so now I just nod and smile, agree with them and do what I want anyway. My doctor told me to say '; My doctor says that me and the baby are going on perfectly, thanks anyway for your advice.';


It is funny though to here what other people have to say!!!


Good Luck with your pregnancy!
There are 3 types of unwanted advice in my opinion.





1. The ';maybe good, let's try'; ; I say Thank you.


2. The ';advice from Mars'; ; the one that even your pediatrician did not know about. I say ';Really?'; then ignore it.


3. The ';I've brought up 5 kids'; advice ; I remind politely the lady that we're in the 21st century now and NO I will not give solids to my 3 weeks old!
A lot of times l smile and say ';thank you';. lt's a lot easier than getting upset over stupid stuff. l had a nosy neighbor telling me what l could and could not do while pregnant, l told her l talked to my doctor about it and there was no truth to what she was telling me. That's the only other thing l did. Good luck and don't sweat the small stuff!
honestly, some people know no boundaries. the DAY i told family and friends i am pregnant, i had people telling me how to breastfeed. i'm a private person, and that's personal!! suddenly everyone thinks it's okay to talk about anything at all, and of course, they always know best, right??
Yeah, it can get pretty bad sometimes. I love it when I have people that have never had kids try to tell me what I should do with mine (ages 10, 10, 8, and 2.5 years). It would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous sometimes. I just smile and nod and say thanks and walk away.
I smile and say ';women have been doing this for thousands of years...I'll figure it out';


I have friends who actually go thru my registry and tell me what I need and don't need...saying ';oh my daughter didnt like this - dont get it'; I just respond with ';everyone is different, we'll see what works best for us..'; so annoying, but I cut those conversations SHORT and walk away fast!


Good luck!
I get it all the time, I just tell everyone that I'll listen to it because sometimes its really been useful, but its my child and I'll do what I think is best. No one has ever been upset at me by that response. good luck.
From my male experience, a woman that experiences the joy of child birth becomes a EXPERT and feels the need to tell everyone their definitive knowledge and hold it up as the gold standard of what it was like....
Not yet, in fact I kind of wish I was getting more attention lol. I am almost in my third trimester, 26 weeks and 4 days along. So maybe people will get more excited about it as I get closer to my due date.
no but i give unwanted advice