The holiday season is supposed to be a time of warmth and joy, but expecting mother and Reddit user Prize-Ad3917 might spend it alone.
Even though the woman is due at the end of December, her fiancé plans to leave her and go on a vacation with his family.
Since the Redditor doesn’t want to be all by herself during this time of year, she’s asking her partner to stay; however, this request has strained her relationship with her in-laws, putting her in a difficult position.
So she made a post on the subreddit ‘Am I the [Jerk]?‘ asking its members if she’s really out of line.
Christmas is about getting together with the people you love
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But this woman might be spending the holidays alone because her partner wants to be with his family instead
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Image source: Prize-Ad3917
In this case, two days is way too short of a window
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Even if you carefully tracked ovulation and know when your baby was conceived, your due date is still an estimate, because, just as the author of the post said, every pregnancy is different.
This was demonstrated in a 2013 study in which researchers estimated the due dates of 125 women from the United States who were trying to conceive.
They pinpointed the days they had ovulated by testing their urinary hormone levels and then carefully followed their pregnancies. Even with this exact date, there was still five weeks of variability in the length of pregnancies.
So the Redditor’s partner might very well miss the birth of their child.
Furthermore, during the third trimester, getting comfortable at night can be a problem, and the difficulty with sleep as well as fatigue can lead to mood swings. Fears and worries about the upcoming birth can get really intense, along with different emotions that come with thoughts about becoming a mother.
Spending the holidays alone could further exacerbate these feelings, putting even more weight on the woman’s shoulders.
People who have read her story think that the woman was completely entitled to ask her partner to stay
