Probably Petty Problem: My (30F) husband (29M) of 4 years won't stop using incredibly annoying language to refer to my pregnancy

This is probably nothing in the big picture. And I could just be hormonal. But I'm 5 months pregnant and this has been going on for the last 3 months and I can't stand it anymore.

I'm pregnant. I'm having a baby. Carrying a child. I will go into labor, deliver, give birth. We will then have a son.

But not according to my husband. According to him I am bringing forth a life, helping our child earth side, he can't wait to meet our precious boy, the special soul. Every IG or FB post, EVERY SINGLE ONE, every email and phone call it's one of those cooky phrases and the one that really makes me want to rip my hair out....

Join the family

When our precious boy joins the family. 4 1/2 more months until he comes earth side and joins the family. When "John" is ready to join the family.... after John has joined the family, when my wife brings John earth side and he joins the family....

I mean I guess he's not doing anything wrong but omfg this has got to stop. We're not especially "natural" or "holistic" people, this purple prose of his is intensifying my morning sickness.

Can't he just say "When we have our son"? "When it's time for you to deliver"? "I can't wait to meet our baby?"

I mean the sentiment is nice but I can't hear any more of these foofy buzzwords anymore.

Maybe it's immature of me but I almost kind of feel sometimes like he's trying to "hijack" my pregnancy experience. Yes I'm overjoyed to be pregnant. Yes our son is very wanted and we're both over the moon about it. But it's MY body that's carrying this child and I am fucking having a baby, not "bringing our precious boy earth side".

Pregnancy is beautiful but it's also nasty. There's the constipation, the fluid retention, getting kicked in the bladder (that's a thing I wasn't prepared for), heartburn, vomiting, night sweats, and let's not even get into labor and delivery. I'm amazed and grateful my body can do this. But I DON'T SEE IT IN THESE FLOWERY TERMS and it's great he's so pumped but it's like HE'S experiencing the pregnancy and I don't get to have my feelings about it.

Like he'll say "When you bring sweet John earth side" and I'll say "Hon, really? Labor involves blood and shitting yourself. It's the end result that's worth it but they call it LABOR for a reason" he'll just pat my hand and hit me with another flowery phrase.

UGH. How do I get him to stop?

tl;dr Husband keeps referring to my pregnancy in new agey terms and disregards my views and experience of it. I'm glad he's so looking forward to being a father but I see the pregnancy and a biological process, not a mystical experience. The magic REALLY happens as you watch your child grow and become who they are. How do I get him to stop hand patting and replacing MY perception of my body with these OTT terms?

Submitted February 29, 2020 at 07:44PM by JoinTheFamily https://ift.tt/2TnIR54