Fed up with talking about the pregnancy/baby!

Very common and I think it carries on way past pregnancy. Most conversations after will be about baby 😂

I feel you. I live in a small community and was away for two months and knew EVERYONE would be going on and on about my bump and baby now that I’m back and I just want to do my shop 😭

No I’m the same, and I hate that there’s this mindframe that because you’re having/have had a baby, you no longer matter. It’s “yeah but baby first”, of course 100% it’s baby first and will always be baby first, but I matter too you know? I believe it’s why a lot of mothers feel so alone… we really are just treated as vessels x

@Scarlet it’s just a bit of a shame. Of course I’m happy to talk about the baby, but I just don’t want ALL my conversations to be about the baby, you know? 😅

@Leonie I’m on holiday at the moment and I can’t even send a picture of the scenery without someone bringing up “but where’s the bump?” 😐😂

That’s so annoying!! I have an insta with 15k followers (not massive but people are sweet for caring) and I’ve not shared my pregnancy on there and I love it. Feels so good to have a place where I can just talk about other things without getting questions about the baby. Especially bc living on an island people are SO concerned and I’ve never once asked for a city person’s opinion on when they think I should go to hospital but have /gotten/ ALL the opinions 🙃

i remember crying at work when everyone gave me a basket with baby stuff in before mat leave cause i’d already bought loads of baby stuff i wanted something for me😂 i’m on my second pregnancy and it’s so different to my first, people don’t care as much this time around

I very much feel this! I am actually avoiding my MIL (😬) because I cannot stand the constant cooing, fussing, asking me what I’ve bought and comments on my body 🙄

@Robyn I’m sorry you’re feeling the same way, it’s not a nice one is it? I wish I could just block out all the external noise and just focus on myself/my other half, because it’s affecting how much I’m enjoying the pregnancy 😞

@Aimee oh bless you! How do you find it being pregnant second time around, in regards to this kind of topic? Is it a little bit easier to have less attention, or is that a bit of a shame?

@Toni-Louise I’m exactly the same here, avoiding my MIL for the same reasons 😅 We’re trying to be really minimalist with what we’re buying for baby, so we’ve asked her not to get anything and it seems like she’s respecting that, but I think she can’t channel her energy into buying bits so I get all the questions and attention instead 🤦‍♀️😂

I was wondering if anybody feels the same, I don’t want to see people anymore because it’s so boring to only be asked about the pregnancy and nothing else 😏 Like suddenly people have nothing else to talk about with me and I became invisible… I dread that after birth it will stay the same, people will only ask about a baby…