Hi there - I am feeling very resentful about a friend of mine, and I think that I am probably wrong and being unfair; but I just can’t understand her side of the situation. I want to, and I want to not be annoyed but I haven’t been through what she has so maybe that’s why I don’t get it. It’s quite long so please bear with me
May 2017 my friend had a mmc at 12 weeks. I supported her through it as best I could. In November 2017 i was pregnant. I told her very delicately and understood she may well not want to see me or hear about the pregnancy, so we never talked about it. I saw her once in April when I was quite heavily pregnant and, unbeknownst to me, she was also in the early stages of pregnancy. When she told me it was wonderful and I spent months supporting her through her concerns daily etc and giving her advice and helping her.
DS was born beginning of July and she has not met him. I have invited her over several times but she always has a vague “I’m so busy” reason. Of course I understood in the beginning until she got to 12 weeks or maybe 20 and felt more secure, she might not want to see a baby. But it has been 6 months and she is now over her due date. And the whole time she has been messaging me daily asking for advice re buggies or feeding or questions to do with labour etc. I perhaps have sent her 3 photos of DS in 6 months and I get a one word response, followed by more questions.
With her birth imminent, I feel resentful. Because I will be excited and lovely to her and make a fuss and visit her, and I feel like she did “steal” this from me, by effectively ignoring that I’ve had a baby.
Sorry that I haven’t verbalised this well, and I’m sure this does make me an awful person but I haven’t experienced loss before and would love someone to come along and just kind of explain what’s going through her head so I can get over myself!