Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Our daughter is feeling the pressure of people's comments, opinions and worries around her pregnancy.  Some of her friends are pushing for natural childbirth and others feel she ought to be doing this or that.  She's clearly disturbed by it, but holding her own.  These people don't intend to practice wrong speech, but they are not practicing careful speech.  She doesn't need any stress.  She's worried herself about how labor will be and if the baby will be healthy, and talking at her doesn't help.  It's pretty universal that people stick their noses in other people's business, especially emotionally vulnerable pregnant women.  I remember all the "advice" I got, and how it only made me feel not up to the task.  Our daughter is strong, and she will weather this.  She's going through the hugest transition there is, and her heart is about to fall in love with her baby, and her world turn upside down.  She doesn't need anyone telling her this, she FEELS it.  But it sure would be nice if people around her were gentle and without opinions.  Or kept them to themselves.