is it going to be like this until october?

everyone is pregnant. everyone! it's all anyone seems to talk about. and i say nothing. ack. i hope october comes quickly (and without incident). this whole not-telling-anyone while worrying and wondering about the seemingly endless dos and don'ts is driving me nuts.

worse still are pregnancy info sites that lead you to believe they are going to be helpful, but then all of the necessary info is "subscribers only." bleah. i will not succumb!

how come there isn't an "indie baby" site out there to go with "indie bride" ? but i guess it would be filled with its own kind of freaks... not the $700 stroller freaks maybe, but the attachment-parenting-breastfeed-till-highschool type freaks. and they're just as bad if not worse. where is the info site for people like me who are pregnant, want to do the right thing, but don't want to be bashed over the head by pedantic puritans or didactic weirdoes or endless advertising? i just want to have a happy healthy baby, and go back to work when my mat leave is done. that doesn't seem to be too unreasonable.

of course, info sites need revenue, and the best way to build revenue is build neuroses - convince people they're on the road to ruin if they don't buy the right book or the right stroller or the right blah blah blah.

i say forget it! i didn't get sucked into the bridal industrial complex when i got married, i can ride this out too.

i just wish there was a straightforward, non-judgy rulebook.