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Another area in which grandparents (all right, perhaps more usually grandmothers) can be supportive is in being open-minded about healthcare choices during pregnancy and the parents’ plans for the birth. These can sometimes seem very bizarre to our generation, but as will be explained in more detail later, pregnancy care and birth practices have changed beyond belief over the past 20, not to say 30, years. So if you don’t know what she is talking about when it comes to folic acid or toxoplasmosis, ask her what they mean, and don’t pooh-pooh things you don’t know about yet. I say this from experience because I was quite a sceptic until I knew better!