Very Important Things

One of the biggest challenges about getting, then being pregnant for me will be dealing with all of the unsolicited advice I am already getting from strangers or childless people. Not that having a child means I'll automatically listen to you, but being childless doesn't make you, oh childfree stranger, the type of person whose advice on any of this that I'll seek out. Forgive me in advance because I don't want to be rude.

This weekend, a childfree woman I don't know asked me if I was 35 yet, because if I was 35, these 6 months we're spending preparing to get pregnant should be re-thought since well, 35 is apparently old to be having a baby. (Medically, I know full well that 35 is considered Advanced Maternal Age, I'm just talking about the Liz Scale of Parental Readiness, which states that anyone who is ready to have a kid is ready to have a kid).

I'm quickly becoming a pro at taking in the advice, being polite and moving on. I'm saving the hard, kind of gross questions for my closest friends who have actually done the childbirth thing. The polite nodding is reserved for strangers.