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None of the above will matter when the baby is here. You will have your little family of your own and nobody's opinions will matter! Good Luck mama
Wishful thinking...
When it comes to social media, I've never been as open about my pregnancy as a lot of other people I know. We did announce the pregnancy and later the gender, and I posted a few clothed belly pictures in the second trimester. But we opted out of maternity shoots, and I'm not the kind of person to post pregnancy updates all over my Facebook page. However, we have kept our family and close friends updated on my pregnancy and I am SO regretting it! With my side of the family it's fine- my family is supportive without being pushy. My husband's family is completely overbearing, which is made even more frustrating by the fact that they didn't even take an interest in me until I got pregnant. I'm currently 38 weeks and scheduled for a c section next week- they are constantly texting me wanting to know the date and insisting that they'll be there as soon as the baby is born. The c section is early in the morning and visiting hours aren't until mid afternoon- and frankly I don't really want them visiting until the next day.
On the other hand, my best friend has been so weird this entire pregnancy- she's been back and forth between excitement for me and bragging about how happy she is that she doesn't have the responsibility of children. Anyway, she was basically shaming me about my c section and undermining my doctor. I have the best OB/GYN in the area and he and I have thoroughly discussed my options- it's not like I'm having a c section just to get my baby out early, I'm having one because my baby is breech. My daughter is very unlikely to turn at this point, and we live far enough from the hospital that it would be an emergency situation for me to go into labor naturally.
This post was way longer than I expected, sorry to anyone still reading! I guess I'm just really wishing I'd been less open about my pregnancy with my friends and my husband's family... I know that's my fault, and I know his family is excited, but I just wish they could chill out and wait for the call that the baby has been born instead of contacting me 24/7. I just needed to vent, I'm done now :)
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Don't regret it, sounds like your friend is jealous, what does she know! She may need a section, personally I'd be telling her she either supports you or she can do 1! And as for your partners family, I was in the same boat and at 32 weeks my daughter was found to be breach and they said I would need a section, it's nothing to be ashamed of, in the uk, women who's babies are breach are pretty much all born by c section unless it's come as a surprise to them and they turned last minute so my midwife discussed with me and my oh what we would like if we needed a section and I told her straight away I don't want visitors on the day she's born regardless of how I deliver and I've told both of our families, be honest with them and you can also tell the staff on the ward your wishes so they don't let anyone visit you, good luck xx
La
But you do need to treat them the same as hard as it is, I felt better about the c section after talking it through with my midwife xx
La
I know what you mean, I felt the same but I thought this is our first baby and I want my time with her and I want my partner to have time with her as he wont be taking much time off work, my family are understanding because my Mam had hell when my sister was born so she is waiting xx
CS
As far as visitors, it's a bit tricky because I would love to have my family visit the first day, but I would prefer my in-laws wait until the next day. We have such big families that I don't want to spend my entire afternoon playing "pass the baby"! But it's so easy to hurt feelings...
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