When Everyone Around You is Pregnant...
Last night, I received the joyful news that one of my sister-in-laws is pregnant.
I will reiterate... Joyful news.
I really am truly happy for her. I knew they were trying and wanted to be pregnant before the end of the year. I asked her how long it took them to get pregnant. Her response? You guessed it. The first try. My husband tried making up some mumbo jumbo saying, "that people who have had babies before, their bodies are morphed to where it's easier for them to have babies in the future." He's a keeper, I know. The thing that really bothered me about her response was that she was hoping it would have taken longer to become pregnant. You could have tossed that baby dust over to me and I would have gladly taken it!
The questions of the day is: How do you stay positive when everyone around you is pregnant? I'm not going to say it's easy because I felt like the worse sister-in-law in the world last night when I was jealous of her pregnancy. I was so happy for her, but my mood reflected something different. Luckily, we weren't told in person so I didn't feel like I had to hide my emotions as much. However, the thing you have to realize is it will happen when the time is right.
I believe things happen when they are meant to happen. Everything happens for a reason. When we didn't get pregnant last cycle, it was a wake up call to me that I hadn't been living a healthy lifestyle. Last year, I lost 62 pounds and this year I've allowed myself to gain more than what is acceptable back simply because I was being lazy. Yeah, I gave up caffeine. Yeah, I very rarely drink alcohol. Yeah, I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving in the same time I ran it last year... No, I haven't been exercising. No, I haven't been eating healthy. No, I haven't been drinking a lot of water. These things were so important to me a year ago. I feel like this cycle was meant to be a failure just to bring these things into perspective. I'm not saying that those were the reasons we didn't get pregnant. I'm just taking them as a lesson learned. Everyone needs a silver lining, right?
That's how I'm going to stay positive, at least for now.
I will reiterate... Joyful news.
I really am truly happy for her. I knew they were trying and wanted to be pregnant before the end of the year. I asked her how long it took them to get pregnant. Her response? You guessed it. The first try. My husband tried making up some mumbo jumbo saying, "that people who have had babies before, their bodies are morphed to where it's easier for them to have babies in the future." He's a keeper, I know. The thing that really bothered me about her response was that she was hoping it would have taken longer to become pregnant. You could have tossed that baby dust over to me and I would have gladly taken it!
The questions of the day is: How do you stay positive when everyone around you is pregnant? I'm not going to say it's easy because I felt like the worse sister-in-law in the world last night when I was jealous of her pregnancy. I was so happy for her, but my mood reflected something different. Luckily, we weren't told in person so I didn't feel like I had to hide my emotions as much. However, the thing you have to realize is it will happen when the time is right.
I believe things happen when they are meant to happen. Everything happens for a reason. When we didn't get pregnant last cycle, it was a wake up call to me that I hadn't been living a healthy lifestyle. Last year, I lost 62 pounds and this year I've allowed myself to gain more than what is acceptable back simply because I was being lazy. Yeah, I gave up caffeine. Yeah, I very rarely drink alcohol. Yeah, I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving in the same time I ran it last year... No, I haven't been exercising. No, I haven't been eating healthy. No, I haven't been drinking a lot of water. These things were so important to me a year ago. I feel like this cycle was meant to be a failure just to bring these things into perspective. I'm not saying that those were the reasons we didn't get pregnant. I'm just taking them as a lesson learned. Everyone needs a silver lining, right?
That's how I'm going to stay positive, at least for now.
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