A few new things have happened. I have told my family about my choice to be CF. My parents are fine with it because they know they have many chances for grandchildren, and recently one of my sisters announced her pregnancy, so I’m off the hook. Yeah! They don’t understand me, and some of my family thinks I am still going to change my mind, perhaps they all do, but for us CF people, that’s nothing new, right?
As for my sister who announced her pregnancy, she is definitely one of those “smug pregnant women.” It is all she can talk about, and she is only a little more than one or two months along. Everything is about her, and she wants to tell everybody every day how sick she feels. It is so annoying! I have blocked her on Facebook because I can’t put up with that for the next seven or eight months. But she is the one who supports me most in being CF, so I can forgive her.
My friend recently had her baby and I’m worried about it. She was always so much fun to talk to and she would laugh with me about other pregnant women and she never took herself too seriously. I am worried that she is going to change and we won’t have as much fun as we used to. I know she’ll always support me, though.
I am beginning to be more vocal about the CF decision, because I feel like people need to realize that there is a choice! I recently bought a “bingo” shirt and a bumper sticker that says, “You can have your pitter-patter, and I will sleep in.” I am kind of making it my “mission” to let people aware there is a choice and there is nothing wrong with being CF and not having kids. I believe if we are all more vocal about it, it will begin to be more accepted by others. We’ll see.
