Being pregnant is hard.
This is my first pregnancy and I am struggling a little bit with it.
Not the pregnancy itself, but with the people around me.
You see, this was not planned or expected, but boy is it welcome, and we are ecstatic.
Here is the thing-
Some of my friends are struggling and some of my friends are excited. I understand both sides, but how do you react when they are all in the same room together.
As an empath, I never want to hurt someone’s feelings.
I want to be respectful to how they are feeling. Of course, I want them to celebrate with me too, but I know why they cannot, and it is so difficult.
To watch as everyone surrounds you and asks a million questions that you are so excited to answer, but then to see your friend sitting alone, not wanting to engage. My heart breaks.
How can you be excited and considerate?
A baby is something to celebrate!
I want to post about everything, being excited for the 2nd trimester starting or his heart beats per minute, but I cannot bring myself to post about it.
I read posts about pregnant women needing to be considerate for their friends, and it makes me feel even guiltier. How can I be excited? I know a lot of people would say “they will get over it” but I never intentionally will hurt someone. Most of my friends are over the moon excited, bringing me baby clothes and little gifts and texts to check on me and see how I am doing. Then there are the few. The few of many. Therefore, I honestly want to hear opinions on how you would/have approached a similar situation.
Do you just never talk about it? I want to shout from the rooftops, because I know I will only have this once, no more babies after this and I should get to be happy for myself, too.
Maybe this sounds silly to a lot of people, but I really don’t want to come off as mean and unthoughtful.
Rich Beauty 