I'm eight months pregnant and my sister keeps making comments about how I'm 'doing pregnancy wrong' — eating the wrong foods, not exercising enough, being too anxious about everything. Our mom agrees with her and now family dinners feel like interventions where everyone has opinions about my choices and I don't know how to make it stop without creating a bigger rift.
More people experience this than they realize.
Pregnancy becomes a lightning rod for family dynamics around control, judgment, and different philosophies of care.
“Where Are You with Pregnancy — the inner experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.