Heidi Murkoff's best piece of parenting advice
Author Heidi Murkoff attends the “What To Expect When You're Expecting” screening at AMC Lincoln Square Theater in Manhattan. (May 8, 2012) Credit: Getty Images
The biggest change in the life of pregnant women over the past two decades is the way moms-to-be access information, says Heidi Murkoff, author of the pregnancy manual “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.”
“All of a sudden there was the Internet, and there were all these parenting websites, and there were apps and apps and apps that offered support,” Murkoff said in a recent telephone interview from Los Angeles, where she was doing publicity for the movie “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” The film is based on her best-selling book and is opening nationwide on Friday.
When Murkoff was pregnant with her two children, who are now in their 20s, “if you didn’t have a pregnant friend, then you really didn’t have anyone you could turn to for empathy and support.” Your doctor, of course, at your appointments. And your mom, but her pregnancy advice was often out-of-date.
Murkoff says all the information available today can be a double-edge sword. While it gives women camaraderie in their pregnancies and lots of places to turn for information, “there’s such as thing as too much information and conflicting information.”
The best piece of advice Murkoff would give to parents is “trust your instincts. Listen to that little voice. Take in all the information, then figure out what’s best for your family.”
Read what Murkoff had to say on the upcoming “What to Expect When You're Expecting” movie, due out this weekend.
