Earlier this week, the news feeds were a-twitter with the premature announcement of the next royal baby. “Here we go again,” I thought, knowing that next week’s magazine racks will be full of photograph’s of Kate’s barely discernible baby bump.
I must say that I don’t feel any envy towards Kate and her public pregnancy and I have to admit that Prince George is pretty cute, but the constant barrage of celebrity babies does grow old.
How about you? Do you dread the media onslaught of another royal birth?
It’s Whiny Wednesday. What’s on your mind today?
I have had a miscarriage each and every time she has been pregnant, my baby would have been the same age as Prince George, and now again with this new baby ( just miscarried for the last and final time). So every time I see her children, I mourn my own.
Also – since it’s Whiny Wednesday- I’m a teacher and “Back to School Night” (where the parents come in to see their child’s classroom) is Thursday. Since my last round of IVF landed me in the hospital with a double pulmonary embolism I am done trying. I’m finding it extremely difficult and have much anxiety over the night. Every person in my room that night will be a parent, except me. Every person I see in the hallway will be a parent, except me…every person I see in the cafeteria will be a parent… get where I’m going here?!!! I just want to make it through the night without tears. I know as soon as I get in my car the waterworks will start, I just want to make it to that point. I hope I can.
dear Kristine,
I know that no word can ease your pain, so I am just sending warm hugs from sLOVEnia for you!
Kristine- Parent nights are the WORST. I love my students, but seeing them as someone’s child is a totally different experience.
My prayers are with you
Take good care of yourself. It’s okay to cry in the car. It is hard to end the ttc journey and start this journey. Glad to hear you recovered from the pulmonary embolisms.
Sending big ((hugs)) Kristine
Kristine, you’re right in the midst of it, and my heart goes out to you. I know what it’s like to have certain people, dates, milestones, or public pregnancies, trigger grief over my miscarriages (especially my “last and final” miscarriage). I’ve also been a teacher and so I understand what you mean about being surrounded by parents. Thank goodness you are okay following your double pulmonary embolism! Sending you support and hugs.
Sometimes the media stuff is over the top! With the return school parents are talking about the kids going back, and at times it reminds me of despite much effort s to conceive and adopt, the result is we are not parents. The son we had we had to return to his biological parents, which was highly traumatic. The one thing. I have become aware of is the idea of being supportive to my friends which most of them have kids. And when it comes to if I want to share about the disposing snot of not having children , or my journey thru this most people donot want. To hear. What a double standard and that makes. Me angry and frustrated. I appreciate everyone’s post they are so helpful, even if out experiences are different, a lot of feelings and grief are the same.things are getting better in time! Xo
A “highly traumatic” is an understatement! I’m so sorry that happened to you. – Kristine
All the news on the new royal baby & all other pregnancies around me still get me.
I hope it will get better within few years.
(and I am fully aware that when I come to terms with that, there will be already first grandchildren announcements. It sucks!)
Klara, Rachel, Andrea, and Supersassy… you ladies are the best!! Thank you so much for your kind words! I”m going to Back to School night tomorrow with all your support, and I thank you!!!! It means so much to know I’m not alone and that you understand and are behind me!!! thank you- thank you- thank you!!
I think I bombed an interview and I keep replaying the whole interview in my mind. Since there is no closure yet on the interview I keep thinking well this was a good sign .. this was a bad sign. Kind of like when I was pregnant but worrying about another possible miscarriage and I would think to myself well today I felt sick that must be good or today I didn’t feel pregnant that must be bad. It is exhausting and I’m trying to stop. I feel like a less than person because duh who can’t do a simple interview.?
Plus our bunny rabbit is sick 🙁
The royal pregnancy doesn’t bother me now. I did cringe though when I heard someone say “well, we know George is going to have a sibling, that is definite!” She’s not even out of the first trimester, and so nothing is definite. And I feel for her going through all this, including the morning sickness which sounds ghastly, so publicly.
As for me – well, let’s say I’ve had better weeks. We’re getting bad news about my mother’s health, and that is accentuated with concerns over how the various treatment options will affect her dimentia. Argh. So I’m off out to meet a friend for a drink!
I know it’s Thursday, but I just wanted to say that if I hear another “oh, you know, I know someone who adopted and then got pregnant” comment one more time… Seriously, does everyone know someone like that? really? because I am thinking, no.
I hear you, when we were in both recesses of trying to adopt and before try to get pregnant, a lot of people said the sanme thing to me, it is maddening.
The royal baby news stung a little because it seemed to be everywhere I turned and for me it seems like I always hear announcements in large groups (mix of people in the public eye and friends/family). Some weeks I’m just tired of being surrounded by people who have baby after baby while I deal with infertility and loss. Not that I want people to go through the pain of loss I just always wonder why me and wonder what I did so bad in life.