She goes on to apologize for being insensitive to her friends’ birth plans and for not being more understanding of their struggles. I’m sorry for not asking more how you were feeling during your pregnancy and after you had the baby,” she wrote.
The apology was a testament to how much she had to learn about being a parent. “I’m sorry for thinking ‘it must be easy’ being at home all day with a baby,” she wrote.
“The registry thing was a huge realization for me when I had my baby,” another woman recalled. “I always went out of my way to pick what I thought somebody wanted instead of just doing what they asked for.