Having the Talk with Your Mom

Having the talk with your mom....no no not THE talk but so similar that its just as uncomfortable!

Telling your mom your TTC

The big question, do you tell people your TTC? Living in fantasy land I thought it'd be a great idea to tell my mom I'm TTC. I think she will be so happy and excited for us! I know how much she wants a grandchild to love on. She will have tons of amazing advice for me. She has also been telling me for years how oral contraceptives are terrible for me, so wont she at least be glad I'm off? WRONG again! I tell my mom I'm TTC, it's that weird power mothers have its not so much what she said but how she looked. You know that look, the I'm disappointed in you look. The immediate feeling of guilt. Ah but wait I've done nothing wrong! I'm a grown women! Then you start to get angry. This forces me to call my sister immediately who now knows I'm TTC. Obviously she works as a mediator, seeing both sides of the situation. Now my mom has now moved on to completely ignoring it or if i bring it up to test the waters she questions our readiness.

I have since learned its best to not bring up TTC with anybody other than someone TTC or your husband. It's best to just surprise them with an I'm pregnant! They can't act mean about that right? Guess I'll find out one day......