Crying over my dog
30 weeks FTM here. For context, my dog is around 15 years old. I’ve had her since I was a junior in high school. She came to college with me and we have been inseparable ever since I rescued her 13 years ago. Literally attached at the hip. I work from home we are together basically 24/7. I bring her on work trips with me. I would say in the last 3 years the only times w have been apart were for our wedding bc it was in Hawaii and our honeymoon in Europe. So maximum 20 days. Everyone knows her and I are a packaged deal and she’s also incredibly close with my husband since we have been together for 11 years now.
Now that our first baby is on the way I keep getting “oh she doesn’t know what’s going to hit her” and “her life is about to be flipped upside down” and “I hope she’s ready to be second place when the baby comes” and that realllllllly destroys me emotionally. Maybe it’s the hormones but is also the fact that her and I have been through nearly half my life together and I don’t want her to ever feel like she’s being demoted in my eyes. How did you all handle this? Were your senior dogs ok w baby when they arrived? Every time anyone brings it up I start to cry. I feel guilty for having gotten pregnant bc she’s been my baby for so long.