Help! I feel awful, but I am having a hard time getting excited for this one. DH and I were done ... I gave away the crib, the maternity clothes, baby clothes and I was scheduled to get the Mirena and found out we are having baby #3. H is excited because he always wanted 3 (probably why he left it in - lol)
I know every kid is a blessing but I am so overwhelmed by my two and work and I don't want to tell anyone about baby #3 yet. I am trying to think of all the reasons having 3 will be awesome.
Thanks for letting me vent ...
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Re: Someone get me excited for baby #3
Anyway...the title of your post really bothers me. I'm not quite sure what you're looking for, others to pump you up about how awesome having three kids will be? I can get that you feel overwhelmed but you honestly just come across as disappointed to be knocked up again. I think this will be a divisive thread, akin to those so called "gender disappointment" threads. It's hard for me to empathise at all, having struggled to get pregnant in the first place....If I were you I'd try focus on what you already should know are the positives of having children and be glad that you have a supportive husband. I know other people will disagree with me but this post just rubs me the wrong way. Hope your child never finds out how hard it was for you to get excited about him/her.
Maybe cause they are all so little, its overwhelming, but it will be great!
If you didn't want a third baby, maybe you should've used a condom or just said no to sex until you got your Mirena.
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OP. I don't know what to say that others have not said. Sorry you got a unexpected pregnancy?
As @PugsandKisses said, this isn't a place for support. Support is a by product of the relationships formed in this community. And I'm rolling my eyes *so hard* at you for implying that my response was rude. I'm hopeful that we all do teach our children respect and also that it is ok to not agree all the time and also to be wise enough to differentiate between dissenting opinions and rudeness. Wow.
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Also, I'm not sure quite how to make this any clearer to you but here goes: just because people don't agree with OP it doesn't mean they're rude/harsh.
Finally, this is an Internet forum. People generally don't like being told how/when they should reply. Just FYI.
I wasn't going to comment until I saw this, simply because I can't relate to the OP's apparent dilemma. However, I am 35 (and have wanted a baby for 10 years and I'm finally getting him) and have a 35+ mentality. I may have no advice to offer the OP, but to assume that people here don't have a 35+ mentality is exactly why there is a saying about assumptions. And FYI, this isn't the 35+ board, it's the 1st trimester board. Both of which are on a public internet forum. People can post whatever they want and people can reply with whatever they want.
ETA: I am a very compassionate person.
"We are all human and are allowed to feel the way we feel with out criticism" - Except of course, if we disagree with the OP in which case our feelings are totally invalid and open to criticism.
Hypocrite much?
Also, I and everyone else here have just as much of a right to comment as u do and just FYI no one has made more jabs at others than you have on this post sooo pot meet kettle???
My original comment. Now please tell me on what planet this is considered "a deliberately hurtful comment" @Ampip2270
OMG OMG OMG! You are totally KNOCKED UP!!!! I am so happy for you random stranger that did not want this child!!! HORRAYY!!! We are both preggo in the eggo at the same time. YES YES YES.....
Theres always adoption .I promise you there are people who would do anything to be in your shoes.
But these moments pass and I realize how worth it it will all be in the long run. I've been overwhelmed and terrified by things in the past and we will figure it out. I don't expect internet strangers to tell me I should be excited -- though there are women on here who are incredibly supportive and have talked me through a few of my panicky moments. The trick is you have to give support to get it.
OP, a lot about your post rubs me the wrong way. Even though your baby wasn't planned, at some point you made a choice. You chose to not take control of your own birth control and left it up to your husband, who you basically accuse of impregnating you on purpose against your will. You chose not to get the morning after pill after your husband "left it in." You chose to continue on with the pregnancy. All of these are choices that you made of your own free will. It's time to be an adult and own those choices. You don't have to be thrilled about being pregnant. You don't need to throw thirteen different parties to celebrate or post pictures on FB or cry with joy every time you think about the baby growing inside of you. But you need to grow up and own what's going on. Three kids will be tough as you're now outnumbered three to two, but people do it all the time.
Sorry, I'm sure that wasn't cheerleader-y enough for some of the people here, but it's all I got.
You don't get sympathy from me and I hope, for the sake of your child, your attitude changes very, very soon.
I understand that its really overwhelming with a surprise pregnancy, but these boards are populated with a diverse population. Many of us have prayed and tried very hard for our pregnancies. So, its a little bit hard to relate to the anxiety about a potentially unwanted or surprise third pregnancy. That doesn't make anyone a bad person or unsupportive. It just means they can't relate and that is OK. Blind "support" is not worth very much because its mindless. I LOVE puppies and rainbows. Like, I'm a pretty positive person.
However, I do believe that a variety of experiences in a post online or even in-person conversation is vital to help us see things that we wouldn't always see. Different forest and different trees. So that might be a great thing to consider when you read the responses.
Parenthood can be overwhelming and I have two (this would be #3 if everything goes well). So, I hear you on your feelings and don't want you to feel like I don't understand. I do understand. Those days when everything is a battle and you feel just done by the end. I don't work outside the home (SAHM)-- so I don't have the added pressures of expectations at work vs. the jungle at home. I also don't have the daycare expense concern. So I can understand why a surprise baby would be a stressor for you. Take your time and try to think positively if you can. You may take some time to warm up to the pregnancy and that is ok. I am in love the minute the HPT turns positive. Some aren't for various reasons and that's not bad. You have your own reasons and as long as you aren't thinking of harming yourself (extreme depression) or the baby (after its born) then talk to your OB.
You might benefit from a counselor to work through your feelings. Its a whole other animal to be "done" and have a surprise pregnancy than to be TTC for another baby. Its just a different zipcode. That's ok. The counseling sessions (they don't have to be forever) could help you manage the pros and cons of your situation. I loved my pregnancy counselor the last two pregnancies (after losses so I was a hot mess in those two and needed my counselor to tell me to not let the anxiety overwhelm me all the time). I will probably try to see if she's available this time. Its worth it.
Wishing you the best.
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Fabulous response.
However as others have said OP you need to find yourself some positives a bunch of strangers can't get you excited will it be more work ? Yep. Will it add to the stress? Yep
will it add more joy? Maybe I can't tell you that this new kid will make you happy I know my family turned out great when my "surprise" brother was born.
You have the choice in your outlook. Also to the white knights here guess what "no one can make you feel inferior without your consent" good quote by one strong lady to live by. If the OP doesn't like the what said then she doesn't have to let it bother her. Hardly will you ask a question to 100's of people and have everyone agree with you. So you take what you want and toss the rest.
OP and white knights, most ladies here were asking for some consideration when people "complain" or are "disappointed" about being pregnant when others had loss after loss or are dying to be pregnant and seeing a post like this is an absolute slap in their faces. They have a right to share that pain just as much as the OP shared her feelings. Just because you don't like a response you don't get to dictate that it was wrong or just mean. The OP blames her husband for becoming pregnant that to me sounds pretty mean and unfair but you don't see me degrading or insulting her. Just asking for her to be more thoughtful in her posts