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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