I had my first case of mom judgement this weekend. I have been extremely congested to the point that I had fluid behind my ears and felt like I was underwater. I did not sleep most of the night last Friday. I ended up having to move to the couch so I could be propped up.

I had not been able to take my allergy meds until I was 12 weeks, so I didn’t know what to do. My doctor told me to take Sudafed. At least that was some relief.

When I ran into a friend this weekend, she asked me how I was doing and when I answered she told me that I sounded miserable because I was so congested.

I told her what my doctor said and how I took Sudafed, and she said, “I was congested through both of my pregnancies, but I refused to put anything like that in my body.”

Am I in the right to feel like I had a little bit of judgement passed on me?? I was a little taken aback.