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[quote=jsmith123]OP I think the issue may be two-fold here.

Your friend is on her own journey with her own struggles, and she might be more vocal about it on social media than the "norm".

But, if you felt confident in your own choices, I doubt your feelings would be hurt by your friend's posts.

I'm saying this not because you made the wrong choices at all, but because the beginning of parenthood can be fraught with insecurity.

We all want to do what is best for our children, and when we see people making different decisions -- decisions that they are CONFIDENT in... decisions that are different than ours -- it can make you question yourself.

At least, that was my experience.

For this situation, I would do two things.

1) I would give your friend some grace, and assume she's going through the same new parent insecurities that you are.
2) I would hide her on social media for now and give yourself some time to operate as a new parent in the vacuum of your friend's opinions.
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