Three of us in our friend group are pregnant at the same time, which felt magical at first, but now it's bringing out all these weird competitive feelings about who's doing it 'right' and whose birth plan is better. We used to talk about everything but now there's this undercurrent of comparison and judgment that none of us wants to name.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared pregnancy experiences can expose unexpected competitive dynamics that threaten the very intimacy that made the timing feel special.
“Where Are You with Pregnancy — the inner experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.