Try not to take it too much to heart. Pregnant women are a lightning rod, if not for politics, then for ADVICE!!!
People love to give advice to expectant mothers (and fathers) and new parents. So the advice won't stop after the kid is born. Cloth or disposable diapers? When to burp? How to burp? How to treat diaper rash? Feed on demand or on a schedule? When to wean? What position to sleep in? Pacifier or no pacifier? How to potty train? Spanking or no spanking? Home school, public school, private school, parochial school? It won't ever stop!
My advice: (grin!) as long as it doesn't compromise the health of mother or child, and emergency care is quick at hand should it become necessary, let your wife deliver the baby any way she wants.
When to burp? How to burp? With the birth of our daughter, we saw a side of my husbands boss, Jack, that we had never seen before. Baby has colic? His suggestion was "A nipple full of bourbon." Teething pain? A nipple full of bourbon. Not sleeping through the night? A nipple full of bourbon.
We put a picture of Foster Brooks on his desk and called him Jack, Jr.
A few years later, a new job, a new town. Our daughter had the chicken pox and didn't sleep for three days. The pediatrician couldn't understand why we laughed so hard when she suggested that it might help if we offer her some weak wine coolers ...
