I'm 35 weeks pregnant with my first and feeling so bitchy towards family & friends, it sounds so petulant but I'm almost enjoying being antisocial, it's like I'm waiting for any excuse to snap at someone and cut them from my life.
The only person who doesn't irritate me is my husband, in fact I'm feeling super affectionate towards him, I'm assuming it's just hormones but am also worried that the feelings wont subside once the baby is here.
It's starting to affect my enjoyment of the pregnancy because I'm getting wound up about having to share her with other people once she's here, I'm dreading having to have visitors round and my hairs prickle if anyone mentions that they are excited about her arrival.
It sounds so immature and I should feel blessed that I have people who care and that she'll be loved by more than just her Dad & I but for some reason I can't stop feeling like this, I've even spent ages doing sums and trawling the internet for houses miles from here so we can move and just be the 3 of us!
Does it get better or is this how being a Mum feels?
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Feeling like a bitch and don't care
Dogsmom · 29/01/2013 15:22
Haha! I thought it was just me!
On many an occasion I've been reduced to tears or felt raging because of something (quite innocent) that my family have said. The other day my sister was telling me she was on the phone to her friend who announced her pregnancy and my sister had said to her "Ohhh WE'RE expecting too!!!" I didn't say anything but really wanted to grab her roughly by the collar and say NO, WE'RE EXPECTING!!!!!
What's really getting me worried is that OH & baby & I will be living at my parents for the first 6 months til we can move into our own place, which is very generous of my parents but obviously it works in their favour too 
Their house is big and we'll have the top floor of the house to ourselves - bedroom, nursery, bathroom - so we'll have some of our own space. But now my sister, who has been living in London, is planning on moving back up to Scotland and although she hasnt asked them, is planning on living with my folks too for the first few months. And when? Yes, you got it, just before my due date.
I've been quite worried and cried umpteen times to OH that I'm not going to get to hold my baby because everyone else will want a shot!
Whenever I think about it I can feel myself getting really wound up about it so better stop here or I'll turn into bitch-features again and consider getting a door with a lock installed at the top of the stairs again!!!!
Dogsmom I'm assuming all these feelings are completely natural and applaud you for just coming out and saying how you feel 
I'm so glad I've read this, as my mil is also referring to our baby as 'my baby'. She's grandchild obsessed and smothers her other one to death, so I'm trying to keep her at arms length in case I snap and tell her to back off. So far she's been disgusted with the fact that I'll be going back to work after 9months ( even tho I've managed to reduce my hours), disgusted that we didn't find out the gender at the 20 week scan (how is she going to know what colour to buy), disgusted that I didn't want to go pram shopping at 16weeks and finally not impressed that we won't be using fil's name and won't tell her our name choices!!! So her constant 'my baby' comments are tipping me over the edge and now i am just trying to avoid her so she cant wind me up. Very childish of me i know, but the rational part of my brain had disappeared with thus pregnancy. Lots of people are getting on my nerves but she is completely doing my box in 
. Rant over, I shall now go and sit in a dark corner and breath deeply
I'm so glad I've read this, as my mil is also referring to our baby as 'my baby'. She's grandchild obsessed and smothers her other one to death, so I'm trying to keep her at arms length in case I snap and tell her to back off. So far she's been disgusted with the fact that I'll be going back to work after 9months ( even tho I've managed to reduce my hours), disgusted that we didn't find out the gender at the 20 week scan (how is she going to know what colour to buy), disgusted that I didn't want to go pram shopping at 16weeks and finally not impressed that we won't be using fil's name and won't tell her our name choices!!! So her constant 'my baby' comments are tipping me over the edge and now i am just trying to avoid her so she cant wind me up. Very childish of me i know, but the rational part of my brain had disappeared with thus pregnancy. Lots of people are getting on my nerves but she is completely doing my box in . Rant over, I shall now go and sit in a dark corner and breath deeply
ps - it is perfectly reasonable to tell all of them to leave you alone for the first 2 weeks (or more) of you having your new baby at home. You don't HAVE to have visitors. I intend on telling mother that 
I get what you mean about wanting to put you, your baby and your partner in a little bubble and just for it to be the 3 of you - totally get that. And a friend said that too - that the 3 of them have their own little world. I could murder my mother every time she says anything "helpful" - and if she says "my baby" one more time. IT'S MY BABY!!!!
But as a balance - I ONLY have my partner and no friends and no family (other than mother some wends) because I moved to a new town at beginning of pregnancy. So at the moment (38 weeks) I would KILL for some friends/company/care other than my partner's.
Sending you hugs and blame it on the hormones 
I am 16 weeks and a total bitch. I'm livid about everything lately and I'm trying to cope with a whingeing four year old and toddler who is teething. It's a nightmare and tbh I want to run away today 
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