As I was packing my hospital bag a few weeks before my due date, I went down my list of items and stopped where I had written “baby potty” with a question mark beside it. I considered whether or not I should bring this unusual item to the hospital with me for the birth of my first child. I had read “Go Diaper Free” by Andrea Olsen, taken the accompanying courses, listened to many podcast episodes, and combed the internet for blog posts, videos, and discussions on Elimination Communication (EC). I already knew that I loved the idea of this respectful, gentle, non-coercive pottying from birth, but was this uncommon practice really going to work with my ACTUAL baby in REAL life? Not knowing what childbirth and caring for a newborn would be like (but knowing enough to understand that it would probably be the most amazing and most difficult thing that I would ever do), I didn’t want to put any pressure on myself to accomplish anything other than meeting the basic needs of my baby and myself...