I will tell you that my jealousy did get alot less when I felt my family
was
complete, but not before.
KC
"butterflyluvr" <flood00@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> These days whenever I hear about someone getting pregnant with a 2nd,
> 3rd, etc... child I feel extremely jealous, and I already have 2
> myself - lol! It's horrible isn't it?! Now, granted, my feelings of
> jealousy are nowhere near what they used to be before I had my girls.
> But, that being said, I wonder if they will ever ever go away
> completely? I guess the pain of going through IF, although somewhat
> tamed when you are finally able to become a mother, still affects us
> for life. It becomes part of who we are, and is deeply ingrained in
> our being. I have a feeling that those feelings, for me, will become
> even more tamed when I feel my family is complete. But, maybe even
> then they will never leave completely? I think that the fact that I do
> not feel that I am done having children (or at least don't want to be
> done yet) plays a big part. Maybe the fear of not knowing if I will be
> able to add to my family like I want feeds the feelings of jealousy -
> actually I'm pretty sure that is what it is now that I really think
> about it - lol! Also, the fact that I would like another sooner than I
> am going to be able to make it happen. It is just so easy for so many
> others out there. The unfairness of it all still gets to me sometimes.
> Ok, now I am done complaining. :) I am going to go to bed, but take a
> detour first to peek in on my 2 beautiful miracles. :*)
>
> Butterflyluvr


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