How do you do it without a village?

My mother in law passed in 2021. As sad as it was, it led to us eloping in Wyoming after being together for 7 years. We hit 9 this June and expect our first babe in October! My parents live 1,000 miles away in MA, my sister in law seems to roll her eyes every time I talk about being pregnant (she lives with us) and I feel like I have no village. I’m begging my mum to stay with us for two or three months and she says she’ll “think about coming out for a month”. Am I the only one who feels completely alone? Will my SIL get more into the Aunt roll once the baby is born? I don’t have a village, I feel like all I have is my myself, and sometimes my husband. Who else is without a village? How do you do it?

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I dont have a village its just me my husband and baby ( my husband doesnt do a lot to help as he works crazy hours ) and my little boy is 20 months ... Its definitely challenging and exhausting but i have survived so far and still trying my best , you got this momma ❤️

You may surprise yourself when your baby is born! I also never had a village, and I honestly didn't care to have one... My mother and MIL live pretty close. That's the only family we have, but I never once needed or wanted their help with anything. There is nothing wrong with needing help, but I'm just the type of person who prefers to do everything on my own, and I stepped into my role as mama effortlessly! I genuinely thought I would struggle and would need my mom around a lot to help me. We had even set up a crib at my mom's house. My mother was very offended that I wasn't asking her for help or advice, but I was thriving and genuinely didn't need help. I wouldn't have known this until my daughter was born, but my mother and I have drastically different views when it comes to parenting, so I never took any advice she tried to give me. My husband has also never been that helpful since he works, and I have always exclusively breastfeed (no bottles), so there was never much for him to actually do.

You are all amazing for responding the way you did! Thank you mamas for all the heart-felt advice. You made me feel stronger! Thank you thank you thank you!

i don’t have a village either. my MIL and i don’t get along. My family helps some times but you can tell they are tired of listening about baby all the time. none of my husbands family is involved bc of past issues. and my husband is in the army and works 12/14 hour days.

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Tests

So I had a blood test at the drs bc I keep getting positive tests when the blood test was negative what could this mean? Hubby says the tests are negative and said he can’t see anything. Negative image down below.

Am I pregnant?

I lightly spotted almost 5 days ago, which is not common for me before my period.
My period was supposed to come today. I should have tested in the morning but its 5:30pm.
Is there a second line??

Anyone have this happen before?

We were not trying to conceive, used protection and had sex on week 2 of my cycle (accidentally on my peak ovulation day). Week 3 we had Flu A. Week 4 my period did not come (it’s very regular). I tested and it was negative (2 different brands).
What should have been week 2 of my next cycle (now 6 weeks post last period), I had light red/ pink spotting for one day when I wiped. The following week, I tested again, still negative, but this time almost all the dye was in the negative space, which I’ve never seen happen before. The area where it shows one horizontal line for negative and a plus sign for positive, the horizontal line was super faded at the 3 minute mark, and the negative vertical line in the next window was VERY dark. Now I’m on week 8 of all this, period did not show up yesterday. Nothing in my life has changed (no additional stress, no other illness, no changes in diet or exercise, etc).

Has anyone gone through this and NOT been pregnant? I’m super nervous as we thought we were done having kids.

PS. I know I should go get a blood test, does anyone know if urgent care will do that? I’m past being convinced by a pee test.

Help pls

I'm 7 weeks pp. Not had sex or even done anything but my tests have come back positive. I wouldnt test but had symptoms of pregnancy so I tested. What does this mean? Google says it should have been negative at this stage unless its a new pregnancy or bits of placenta has been left behind. I had a c section so 🤷‍♀️

Is it normal to test positive still? (Wouldn't usually do one)

Not the best pic and clearer in person. Is this normal? I've not had any sex since having my LO but I've had strong cravings, sense of smell is strong and my hair still hasnt started to fall out. Im 7 weeks pp so 🤷‍♀️ I wouldnt normally bother testing but with those symptoms that I never really have its like whats going on. Cravings for something very specific too and can only get from KFC now 😩 so its annoying

Can baby mamas be friends?

My son has an older brother from his biodad. Biodad has never had contact with my son. One thing lead to another though and the other child's mother and I got in contact and are planning a meeting for the boys. Biodad has no idea any of this has happened. Biodad also hasnt had contact with the other child in about 2 years. Just thoughts, opinions, anyone been through something similar?
Edit-Thank you all! Have definitely been feeling somewhat weird about it because we never met before but now know it can be a good thing definitely helps. I can't wait for them to meet. My son has been asking for a brother and I can now happily tell him he has one. That just happens to be 13. Im sorry for yall that fight/have issues with the other baby mamas. Sadly some women rather be stuck on the men, when the kid is the one who really matters. They're the ones that end up getting hurt and missing out.