Good Housekeeping Baby Book (c) 1969

Actually, they felt that withdrawal symptoms were worse for the baby than indulging!
I know this firsthand because my OB told me in 1970, all of the posts are just how it was!!!

when I was born in 1969, my dad tried to follow my mom into the delivery room. The nurse barred his way, saying "you can't go in there, you aren't sterile!" my dad replied "damn right I'm not, how do you think she got that way?"

When my son was 6 months old and I was pregnant with kid #2, I had to stop breastfeeding him cuz he was losing weight and I was totally freakin' exhausted. (Yup, everything you've heard about breastfeeding being birth control is a load of kaka.)

My mom kept giving me a hard time about stopping and told me I simply needed to "drink a richer milk" and then I would make enough milk for him. I was already drinking whole milk, so I suppose I should have switched to half and half or whipping cream and that would have fixed everything.

She also told me pregnant women should only gain 20 lbs. Now I know where she got that from.

My first child was born in 1986 , and yep to the above for me !

The MD also gave me castor oil and quinidine to help my labor along. I vomited the castor oil, so he ordered another dose of it

Castor oil and quinidine were considered "old school" in 1986 according to my labor nurse. She was very suprised my MD ordered it. (It didn't help any. 30 hrs of labor, but a healthy baby girl at the end of it