Feeling isolated?

Currently 18 weeks pregnant. Does anyone else feel isolated/lonely?

I don't have any other friends that are currently or recently pregnant, I can no longer go to my martial arts classes I went to twice a week. I feel like absolutely everything that I enjoyed has kind of been stripped. My friends are all at that point where they have started going out on nights out again after kids or don't have them so don't want to spend a Saturday night with a pregnant woman.

My other half is around but sometimes will go to the pub to watch football etc (which he's free to do)

I feel so blessed to be pregnant, just to be clear. I just want to know if this is common..

I haven't joined any classes for mums to be yet, I'm waiting til I'm a little further on.

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I feel this 1000%, what I did was just spend more time with my mum even if we weren’t doing anything just being int the same room as someone else made me feel so much better xx

i have hg so i've been basically house-confined and most of my friends haven't even thought about kids. ironically enough, pregnancy seems to me to be the most restrictive part of motherhood in many ways... it can be really lonely! i'm here if you want a chat xx

This is the exact reason I'm on this app. I was feeling so desperately lonely, I would cry myself to sleep at night. It is such a different world being pregnant the second time. When I was pregnant with our first, my husband and I had no other responsibilities, we would lie awake at night talking baby names, feeling little one kick, we did a Hypnobirthing course together, and later I did an antenatal group where I met 4 women who I am still friends with now. We were all similar gestations, and my husband and I were 100% in the journey together. This time, my husband is working 2 jobs, I'm a full time student, and we have a nearly-3 year old to wrangle. We're all in bed by 8pm most nights, and my husband and I are sleeping apart because he snores and I need my space for my sanity (this has saved our relationship, truly, despite the disconnect of being apart). I have one friend who is pregnant but much further along and she isn't the most chatty of people a lot of the time. It is so lonely. It is so hard.

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So for my baby shower IV sent out an invite along with my registry to all guests, as I’d never show up to a baby shower or any kind of party empty handed even for party’s if I don’t really know the person well I’ll get them a large bottle of alcohol or a candle or gift card, I would litterly never show up empty handed to any kind of party.

So I’ve sent out the invite and registry to all my friends and family, when it was my husbands turn to send out the invite and the registry he was against sending the registry and didn’t like the thought of asking people for gifts.

I told him it’s not so much asking for gifts it’s more a guideline because inevitably people will want to buy a gift and I don’t want anyone spending their money on something I won’t use as it’ll just gather dust.

My registry is full of very cheap £5 to more pricey £67 gifts so everyone has a general idea of what to get me whatever their budget is.

My husband has proceeded to invite people who barley know us and not sent them the registry and said he’s not sending it because they don’t really talk, and he doesn’t like the thought of asking people for gifts my issue is, if you “don’t really talk” whyyyyyy would you invite them to such an intimate event as a baby shower?!!

Tell me do you agree with me or my husband?

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How is everyone coping with returning to work ? I’m due to go back to work next month. I am in no way mentally ready to go back and especially not ready to leave my little one yet either.
I’m afraid of letting go of my current job but feel like that’s what I need to do at least until end of summer and then go back to work (I’d need to find a new job). Ultimately this is not an easy decision. Please share your experience!!

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So I am a stay at home, taking care of my almost 10 month old and preparing for my daughter’s arrival in August.

My partner has a son from a previous relationship, so we are going to become a family of five. We still live at home with his parents and his sister, which makes me feel cramped and crowded.

I’m looking for any programs, stay at home jobs, or other opportunities for me to bring in a little money so we are able to move out by next year.

Our plan is to use some of our tax return to rent a house, until we are able to save up enough to buy our own. I’m feeling really desperate here and asking for help in any way.

My career options are limited, as I have no college degree and no car. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated 🫶

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Hi. I’m currently going through DV with my husband. (Just emotional & verbal abuse). But it is terrible. I have holes in my walls, I’ve had things said to me that should never be said to a woman.

Anyways I’m originally from California. He’s in the army, so when we were close to having our baby boy, I moved here. We are both from the same home town in Cali, we have known each other a long time.

I want to divorce. And I want away from him. I have a stable job here, the only thing I’d have trouble getting right now is my own car. & I don’t have any family or friends here. No tribe. So I’d be doing this alone if I stayed here.

I don’t know if I should stay here since I have a stable income, or go back to California & live with my mom. (I’d obvi get a job somehow, but it is SO tough out there right now.)

Im unsure of what to do.