My first baby is due in the next few weeks. Had a pretty smooth pregnancy which I’m very grateful for. I’m pretty close to my mum, we did a lot together but since I’ve been pregnant she’s really taken no interest (she already has 2 GC).
I have a few pregnant friends due a similar
time and they’ve been going shopping, out for lunch etc with their mums, and generally just spending time together before babies arrive. I have asked my mum to do a few things but I never really get a straight answer and if we’ve done anything it’s been last minute not planned. I guess I’m just feeling a bit disappointed, but am I expecting too much from her? If you have a daughter would you make a bit if effort to do a few nice things together before she had her first baby? We’ve always been close but it feels the opposite at the moment.
She also made a comment about once the baby is here and basically said ‘you’ll just have to let me know if you want me to do anything’. I imagined she’d be a bit more proactive in the first few weeks but again maybe my expectations are way off. Maybe it’s the hormones but I feel a bit sad about it all.