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am I a negative person? WHY??

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Baysmum · 15/09/2006 18:25

Have just met a friend in town who Ive not seen for a while and told her we're considering baby number 2. She siad that she found that hard to understand as I'm always telling her how hard it all is being a parent and making it sound awful. I feel really guilty now and also that I must come across as so negative when I thought I did a fairly good job of hiding just how hard I've found it this last year. I was also aware that she doesnt have or like kids much so didnt want to come across as a gushy parent! Should I just pretend that its all a bed of roses or does that just make it harder for the next lot of new mummies?

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Jaffacake1 · 15/09/2006 20:58

god that all occurred to me after I shared every explicit detail of my very traumatic birth with my best friend and my sister, both of whom are planning to have babies in the very near future. I have terrified them. But if I was them, I think i would want the truth, in fact, I have felt stupid on many occasions thru my pregnancy and the birth as no one told me realistically wht to expext...I think it would have made it less traumatic for me.

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