I had the world's most boring pregnancy..no nasty symptoms aside from a sciatic issue that left my legs numb from the knees up the entire time, alternating with burning (who knew burning AND numb at the same time was possible...) if I was on my feet too long. I work nearly 10 hour days of standing, so this was a daily issue
My doctor is pretty fabulous. He never pushed anything and he's an easygoing guy. I was really annoyed when I got stuck with another doctor for the birth. (my fault really, I got stuck with this doofus the last two visits due to scheduling issues and I hate speaking up. So my fault entirely and lesson learned).
I was induced, but by my choice. My husband had to be out of town for a week for work starting on my due date and all of our family is 1600 miles away so having anyone to transport from the hospital, etc would have been impossible. I also vetoed visitors for a few weeks after the birth, so family coming to stay on my due date was not something I wanted.
I had an epidural about 5 minutes before he was born, my choice, no one pushed it at all. And yes, it did work that quickly.
I probably won't have another, unless we magically become employed in other countries with a superior healthcare system. It's just too costly here. I had insurance, but it covered nothing due to a paperwork issue, and getting them to reopen anything to cover things has been futile thus far.
I didn't babywear when he was small. I had a front carrier that he disliked, so I wrote it off. I didn't try a wrap or other brands until he was much larger and I wish I'd tried them earlier. Not something I lose sleep over, but it would have made things easier and more pleasant.
I BF for 6 months. Then my supply just went away in spite of herbs, meds and pumping. He was getting frantic and screaming at every feeding as he just was not getting enough food. So at 6 months we went to formula. He did fine. If I DID have another, I'd bf again for as long as possible, but I'm not beating myself up over making the switch when it was necessary. One has to do what works.
As far as parenting advice, we're somewhat lucky in that we don't have family, etc nearby. So we were able to do what worked for us without judgement. The sole issue we had was my MIL making, apparently, some tsk tsk comments when we switched to formula (sorry, he had to eat) and, when visiting, telling me to feed him every single time he moved his head. Every turn of a baby's head is not "rooting"
I finally got to where I'd just head off to the bedroom whenever she said he 'needed to eat' and, if he wasn't hungry, he'd hang out with me while I read a book
We didn't do parenting classes, etc, as I didn't feel they were necessary for me. I'm still ok with that
Nothing came up that I didn't feel comfortable with.
In hindsight, I'd have cloth diapered more and stocked up on them throughout the pregnancy. We only had a few and had to wash a lot.
I was pretty laid back about pregnancy, etc. I still fed the dogs their raw treats, etc (using normal handwashing techniques) and I work at a job where I clean up animal poop, etc. I did wear gloves for that whenever possible, but otherwise I just washed up like normal. I lifted strange dogs as I normally did until I got to the point where the belly was in the way.