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maternity visit?

5 things you definitely shouldn’t do

I guess there’s something in the air because it seems as though everyone around me is either pregnant or giving birth. So therefore, with a bunch of maternity visits on the menu, here are five things you should definitely never say or do.

1. Is that baby bump ever going to disappear?

This was a serious question my hubby’s best friend (hiiiii Bart) asked me the day after I gave birth to my first born. No explanation needed, right? Not a nice question.

2. Wash your hands

Brand new moms always always have a severe case of OCD. The idea that you’ve just used your bare hands to pave your way through the subway are the exact same hands that are now touching her newborn is more than she can handle. So, to please the brand new baby mama, do her a favor and wash your hands or use some disinfectant. Tip: make sure to mention that you’re doing it, she’ll appreciate it.

3. Hang around

“Here, have another glass!” is what my hubby kept telling everyone who was dropping by to meet our first born. Pizza’s were ordered and vodka-cokes were refilled because even though we were brand new parents, some aspects of life were meant to stay the way they were before we had a kid. At least that’s what my hubby thought. I, on the contrary, had a different perception on the matter because as cool as you want to stay, you did just give birth to a baby and as my midwife stated, it’s like running a marathon without having trained for one.

4. Judge the baby

“She kind of looks like a shriveled little monkey.” The consigner of this comment is, it probably won’t surprise you, the same as in point number one. He incidentally happens to be one of the most fun and nicest people around, but he took a bit too many handfulls of honesty pills with those glasses of vodka-coke.

5. Showing up without a present for their other kid(s) (if they have any)

When families already have a kid, to them, having another might feel like someone is ‘intruding’. I know for a fact that the mom will appreciate it much more if you bring a present for her oldest child instead of for the newborn. They’re too little to understand in anyway. Another good tip: buy something for the dad too. They seem to always be neglected when it comes to gifts.