"Few things going on here! But the most glaring is that your friend's baby is four months old, meaning your friend is just four-months postpartum. This is a hard, hard time for her-she's isolated, she's sleep deprived, her body and hormones are still doing strange things, and she's got this living creature to take care of. You call her "overprotective and delusional," but another way to put that might be "suffering from postpartum depression." (Not"
"Dear Vaccinated, During her pregnancy, we talked about vaccination, and Angela told our friend group she intended on getting the baby vaccinated. She also told us she would get the Tdap shot during her pregnancy, though she never confirmed actually having done so. Angela is now a stay-at-home mom with a four-month-old baby. I love this baby. I love the title of "auntie." But Angela is becoming overprotective and delusional. She has no media literacy and is sharing anti-vaccine posts on Facebook."
Angela is a woman in her 30s who became pregnant after a brief relationship and is now a stay-at-home mother with a four-month-old. She has a history of abuse and avoided COVID vaccination because of a conspiratorial partner. She told friends during pregnancy she planned to vaccinate the baby and get a Tdap shot but did not confirm doing so. At four months postpartum she is isolated, sleep deprived, hormonally unsettled, sharing anti-vaccine material, and appearing overprotective. Concerned friends fear vaccine refusal for the infant and face tension over trust and friendship boundaries. Postpartum depression can produce these behaviors and impair decision-making.
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