Why is my best friend acting so obsessive over my pregnancy?

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She’s been acting this way since finding out I was pregnant, but recently she’s become a lot more persistent about it and I don’t understand why.

She’s asked me 3 times now to be in the delivery room when I’m giving birth. I have bluntly said no all 3 times but I think that she’s still hoping to be there, and it’s weirding me out, why does she want to be IN the room? It’s an intimate and life changing between me and my partner, not her.

She’s asked to be in the waiting room and see my baby straight after I’ve given birth, if she’s not allowed to be in the delivery room. Again, I have firmly said no because I don’t want many visitors, family only.

She’s asked me 5 times now if she can be the baby’s godmother. I’ve said no, because she can barely take care of herself and I’ve only known her for 3 years, I’m not trusting her with raising my child if me and the father die. My baby will be going to family if that happens, not a friend.

She keeps trying to suggest baby names to me and gets upset when I don’t like her suggestions. She keeps trying to pressure me into telling her what baby names I’ve already come up with, but I refuse to tell her as I want to keep them between me and the father.

She keeps offering to help me with buying baby items that I have on my list of things to get. But each time that I’ve given her an item to buy and shown her EXACTLY which one I’m wanting, she buys a different one. So I’ve stopped letting her help with buying baby items now and she’s upset that I won’t let her help anymore.

My best friend is a transgender woman, and I don’t know if that’s why she’s acting this way - could it be that she can’t ‘naturally’ have kids of her own, or get pregnant, so therefore she’s trying to involve herself in my journey? I appreciate her being there to support me as a friend, but it feels like she’s crossing a lot of lines and I don’t understand what’s going on.
Why is my best friend acting so obsessive over my pregnancy?
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