Why does no one talk about this. (Venting)

Why does no one talk about the part of motherhood where you loose ALL your friends. And any time you put your baby first you’ll make others upset. It’s like as a single mom I value the people in my life so much that I keep my circle small. I’m always there for literally everyone but no one can be there for me or simply understand when I have to put my babies health first. I’m literally a single SAHM providing and caring for not only for myself but my baby and 2 other family members like

I need a hug 😓😭

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so sorry you feel this way!😢 only a message away if you want to talk🫶🏼

when I was pregnant with my son at 20 I literally lost all my friends, they wanted to go out partying all the time and i obviously couldn’t do that but even when I had my son i wasn’t interested in that sort of stuff anymore so they stopped reaching out to me and it was the worst feeling because i felt so lonely😢

I now keep my circle small and have 1 old school best friend that I’m back in regularly contact with and i’m pregnant with baby #2 and she’s the only friend that’s being supportive and being excited for me!

I’m looking for some mum friends though! so if you live close to me I’ll be more than happy for you to message for a meet up?🫶🏼

Sorry to hear this. When I got pregnant everyone stopped talking to me, even my best friend of 8 years just ghosted me the second I told her I was expecting.

Motherhood is lonely sometimes. Just have to find the sliver of peace where you can.

It does get better though, once you find your people. Now start looking for friends that have kids around the same age as yours. Me and my daughter just went on our first play date the other week and it was so refreshing. I felt at peace being able to vent about my mom problems with another mom who actually felt the same way, all while watch our little ones play together.

It can be done, it may take time.

Sammmmmme here ugh it’s frustrating I have a friend but she lives several hours away

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I feel like just a milk cow

Hi I have a 16 day old via c section, I'm a FTM never having been around babies before as I am the youngest of my household and from a small family. My husband is fantastic with our little one. But ever since I've had the baby I just feel like the only thing I'm good for is producing milk. I feel disconnected from my husband like the only reason he's around is because am producing milk. We were having some issues before the baby and we're struggling it took a while to feel like he was onboard even though he said he was from the moment we found out. I dunno if I'm feeling like a spear part because I'm lacking confidence with baby or because I feel like he wouldn't mind being a single dad. Is this postpartum hormones or something else?

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I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

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