Vent and support needed.
Ok, this is long sorry. I just announced my pregnancy to my family. My dad is in town from out of state so he got an early Father's Day card while my sisters and I were all together that said baby 2 is on the way. My mom and one of my three sisters were really happy for us. The other two sisters, my oldest niece and my dad...not so much. I have been in recovery from atypical, stress related anorexia for more than 6 months. I stopped eating when my husband was deployed for the second time in two years because of the amount of stress his deployments cause me. Now we have a 4 year, no deploying assignment so in my mind it's the perfect time to have our second baby. He will actually be there for the birth, and around to help me during those first hard months! Conceiving was not easy for us and this baby is a bit of a miracle so we couldn't be happier about baby 2!
When I told everyone, my oldest niece (18 years old) took off to cry. So after hugs and telling people who weren't in room was done I went to find her. Every single sentence she said started with 'well i'm...i just feel...I think' I I know she's worried about my mental and physical health, but she couldn't put that aside for 2 seconds and just be happy for me. Her mom thinks, very vocally I might add, that I should only ever have had one child because my first pregnancy wasn't easy on me physically. Neither of them had a single kind word to say about it.
Am I wrong in thinking they are being selfish and should just put aside their own opinion for 5 freaking minutes and be happy for me? I am over the moon with joy and this moment totally brought me down!
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