Gender disappointment
Bear with me… growing up as a girl I had lots of bad experiences being sexual harassed. For some reason, likely just wishful thinking, I thought this would be a boy. Found out from a gender scan today that it’s a girl. I will love her regardless but I’m truly petrified that she will grow up damaged like me… it took me 2 decades to recover. I don’t know how to raise a girl to be brave about life while knowing how to protect herself in this cruel world…
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Sometimes life gives us what we truly need and not what we want. I wanted a boy because I thought I would never be able to raise a girl and teach her how to love herself when I grew up hating so much about me and never had any self love. I had a girl, and now she has taught me so much about me that never in a million years would I have realized I had 💕 she has helped me heal and I know your baby girl will help you too.
Ok so first of all i completely get what you're saying, however in reality its somuch more different. This baby, your little girl will depend on you for everything so you will automatically without even realising change the way you think to best teach and support her. Lets face it we would do anything for our babies xx
thank you. I think that’s what I needed to hear xx
thank you
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