Family being unsupportive

My family has not bought anything for my child, asked about my child and how I’m doing, when I have ultrasounds and ask if they’d like to see, they say no. I’ve come to terms with the fact that my family will not be in the picture like I always dreamed of and it hurts. They will walk past me and ignore me and I just want someone to go to with my pregnancy questions and whatnot.. I just want to share my happy little moments and any time I bring up my child or the pregnancy, they ignore it and move on to the next subject. I’m so worried my son won’t have anyone…

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Sometimes family is who you make it. Is dads family supportive? My family is there but we’ve had some rough moments. It’s not what I pictured my life to be with them that’s for sure.

Tbh. I can actually say I know exactly how you feel. I am going through it and have been going without ANY FAMILY or friends. I have been raising my son on my own since he was born. I am from Hawaii, I have family and friends there and my babydaddy would help from time to time back on Maui, BUT I was always on my own, just me and my son. From the Shelter to a Studio and now me and my son have our own apartment here in Oregon BUT it's actually really harder here because we have Literally no one no family no friends and on top of that. I don't drive or have a car, so it's very lonely, and sometimes I think to myself. I. Should? Just go. Back home? To. What but? Then. Again? I need to try and make some friends, and my very wish is to have my own family one day....

My family is really supportive but my husband is a bit less so which is hard as they’re the family that are close location wise. Thankfully we have a really supportive friends network that make up for the loss we have with family.

Take it all with a pinch of salt and just know you’ll love your baby more than anything else and that’s all that matters x

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HELP!

i’m currently 37 weeks pregnant! i was meant to have a scan on Tuesday as i have high blood pressure meaning i have a scheduled c section booked in for 39+3 (27th of April) however i arrived at my appointment 10 mins late as there was really bad traffic (and i live an hour away as it from the hospital) so we had to reschedule. they called me today and said they have rescheduled it for the 20th of April at 8am. only issue is this is only 1 week exactly before my planned c section. and this scan was to see if we needed to move the date forward due to my blood pressure continuing to increase so having a scan at 38+3 just seems a bit pointless. also if my blood pressure is high it means there could be more complications in my C section such as higher chance of bleeding out so i’d need to take blood pressure tablets but im worried a week isn’t enough time to sort my blood pressure out and i don’t know what to do.

Has your baby rolled over yet?

If yes, are they doing it tummy to back or back to tummy? Do you do tummy time with them and for how long?

I know it’s different for each babies but I’m trying to understand if doing more tummy time actually helps or not. Thanks!

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Pressure

I know lots of people have been asking stuff about signs of labour.
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