Relationships
Should I Forgive (or Just Forget) My Terrible In-Laws?
An expectant mom is grappling with whether she should forgive the in-laws who have treated her terribly for the sake of the grandparent-child relationship.
Relationships
The Secret Wedding and Not-So-Secret Baby Shower
An expectant mom is incredibly stressed about her new in-laws potentially attending her upcoming baby shower. What can be done? First, we need to get to the root of the mess.
Relationships
Delivery Room Abandonment Threat
An expectant mom has some serious familial and relationship issues that are causing her stress and leading to depression.
Relationships
Breaking the Pregnancy News to a Broken Relationship
We have advice for an expectant mom on how to break the pregnancy news to her older sister who is insecure about her own standing in the immediate family.
Relationships
Belated Pregnancy Announcements & Family Facebook Fights
A pregnancy announcement very close to the due date yields a surprised message from a family member. But is the expectant mom overreacting?
Relationships
Pregnancy Announcement Via Baby Shower Invite
A reader needs advice on whether she is overreacting to her sister’s pregnancy announcement which was made via a baby shower invite by one of her friends. Her sister is hurt because she was by her side during her IVF process. We have thoughts.
Relationships
Postpartum Visits, Boundaries & Massive Family Drama
An expectant mom is being dragged into her divorced parent’s toxic relationship during the final weeks of her pregnancy. How can she continue to set boundaries during her final pregnancy weeks and during the labor and the postpartum period?
Pregnancy
A Pregnancy & a Parent’s Prognosis
An expectant mom’s father is very ill and because his prognosis is not good she’s debating the merits of announcing her pregnancy sooner rather than later.
Pregnancy
When to Tell Your Preschooler You’re Pregnant
When to tell your young child you are pregnant and that they will be a big brother or sister in the near future.
Relationships
Grandpa Poppins or Daycare?
A mom is in tricky childcare situation and trying to decide between her daycare option and a loving grandpa. Amalah weighs in and would love insight and experience from BTDT parents.
Pregnancy
A Delivery Room Stand-Off
Ah, the politics of the delivery room guest list. An expectant mom needs help on setting boundaries with her overbearing mother-in-law.
Pregnancy
Second Baby Shower Blues When You’re In Need
A mom is in financial need of being showered for her second baby but is concerned about the baby shower etiquette and politics of the South. Amalah helps out with some ideas.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy & Cross-Continental Family Guilt Trips
An expectant mom is feeling lots of pressure from her parents to deliver her baby in her homeland rather than in her adopted country. This decision is weighing heavily on her and causing anxiety.
Pregnancy
Dealing with Coworkers’ Inappropriate Pregnancy Comments
Expectant reader writes in to ask advice on how to respond to her co-workers who are making inappropriate and rude comments about her pregnant belly size.
Pregnancy
The Anxiety-Inducing Mother-In-Law
When you know you need to set boundaries with your mother-in-law, especially as life becomes more intertwined with a baby on the way, but don’t know how.
Pregnancy
Families, Pregnancy & WAY TOO MUCH ADVICE
An expectant mom is experiencing high anxiety from the extraordinary amount of very detailed and unsolicited advice she is getting from her mother and in-laws so early in her pregnancy. She needs help setting boundaries.
Relationships
A Post-Childbirth Childcare Dilemma
Expectant parents are debating how to handle childcare arrangements for their toddler when they’re in the hospital for childbirth. They’re at a stalemate over grandparent childcare.
Relationships
Super-Duper Belated Baby Shower Thank-You Notes
An expectant mom thinks that her friends are likely to throw her a baby shower for baby #2 but she hasn’t sent thank you notes from her one. What should she do?
Pregnancy
The Etiquette of Baby Shower Guest Lists
An expectant mom is being pressured to have a postpartum baby shower by her husband’s family and friends. What are her alternatives?
Pregnancy
What to Expect (From Your Infertile Friends) When You’re Expecting
An expectant woman is concerned about her relationship with her friend with infertility and the recent chilly reception she has be getting from her. She needs relationship advice.