Rant: Exactly what I was afraid of.
***I need to vent*** I am 20, and I am 5 months pregnant. Hubby and I are ecstatic. he's a good bit older than me, and he was married twice before. A big part in the ending of his first marriage was that they were unable to get pregnant. When he got married the second time, she had 2 sons from her previous marriage, and he's raised them as his own- but unfortunately, he was still unable to have kids. At this point, he kind of accepted that he may be sterile, and he may never be able to father any children. So when we got together, he was upfront about it, but I didn't mind. I was in no rush to try to start a family- if it happened, great, if it didn't, we'd just keep on trucking. (We had just started to look into the possibility of IVF). 2 years in, without any medical interference, I GOT PREGNANT!!! He's so thrilled and excited, and we found out last week that it's a girl! I've been very selective about who we tell, because I recognize the stigma of our age gap, and quite frankly, his family doesn't like me because of my age. My pregnancy hasn't been something that I've wanted to announce and celebrate with a party or anything. I don't have many friends, and pretty much the only people that have known are my parents, hubby, and hubby's best friend (unfortunately, hubby's parents passed long before we got together). after we found out it was a girl, in my excitement, I decided to tell my best friend, who just turned 21. Now, I love her dearly, but she is a bit impulsive and doesn't exactly think things through. She was excited for me, but over the last week or so, she seems to have " hopped on the baby train", and after being spurned by an ex, she's made some comments about getting pregnant to trap another guy who is pretty financially secure. *facepalm* realistically, I don't believe she would have the nads to try to hook up with this guy (or any guy- she's pretty self reliant in the relationship department), and I know she's smarter than that, but her comments still unnerved me. I know that if I were to stop talking to her for a while, she'd probably lose any voice of reason. She's newly employed (still in training), part time, she recently moved from her mom's house to her dad's, she has no car, no money, and her epilepsy has been pretty unpredictable (even with medication) for the last year or so. SO- I don't know what I should do. I don't want to seem like the pot calling the kettle black, but I don't think she is in a position to be talking about having a baby- because she's pissed off at an ex, and she sees an opportunity to do something drastic. she has no means of supporting herself. The main reason I hadn't told her about my pregnancy was because I didn't want to potentially set a bad influence and have her impulsively do something she wouldn't be able to undo. And I don't like sitting here telling her it would be a bad idea to get pregnant, because I know I sound like a hypocrite. But this is exactly what I was afraid of. Part of me just wishes I could take back telling her, and not have put the idea into her head.
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