I don’t want family around
So tonight the topic of our babies birth came up with my family. My husband is military so we are being sent to Colorado this summer mid pregnancy while my family is in TN. Everyone kept talking about coming up when baby is being born and I made the comment I really don’t want anyone coming for at least that first week…and my mom said “what?! You’re going to make us wait a week to see the baby??” Being dead serious/upset. I said I would prefer at least a week for time to recover from birth and just adjust to having a new baby at home (assuming I have a smooth labor/no medical issues arise) i know life won’t be normal in a week but I want at least some time to buffer in between having the baby and having family bombard us….his mom has no problem waiting until we’re ready to have people there. It also doesn’t help my mom is really overbearing….it’s an ongoing problem with her no matter how many times we communicate our feelings. I understand being excited but it’s just usual for her to go overboard with things( it’s a whole other conversation on how she’s acted since we told them). This is the first grand baby so i understand the excitement, i really do. My husband is overseas for one more month (he left a week after i found out i was pregnant) so he hasn’t been able to be here for anything. She got upset because she asked to go to my next ultrasound and i told her i really just wanted it to be just my husband and i as we FaceTimed because it’s really a special time between us and he doesn’t get to be here for anything else. Is it weird I just don’t want my family around right away? I feel like when i tell people they’re shocked I just want to have that moment and time alone with my husband and new baby before everyone gets there. Same thing with the ultrasound, it’s not that I don’t want her there it’s just some moments i want to have alone with my husband and it’s like she doesn’t understand that and makes me feel bad for setting those boundaries. She would be in the delivery room if I didn’t set boundaries, but again, I want my husband there and my husband only..
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