Jingle Bellies Thursday check-in

stacialynn

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Thursday 9/24/09  

QOTD:  Have you lost /gained any friends in the process of being pregnant?

Stacia:  No, I've not lost any friends. Fortunately, we have friends who are at the same stage of the game as we are.  Plus, we are both medical professionals who live in the 'burbs, so we weren't leading crazy exciting lives before getting pg. I have grown closer to friends of friends who are in our childbirth class, and I'm so glad!

beachykeen1723

Nope! I lost all my crappy friends when DH and I got married, so I only have the good ones now, and they are AWESOME!

proud-mommy-to-be

I've not lost any, but I have gained new ones. It's nice to talk to people who have been through pregnancy. I never realized how much I didn't understand my preggo friends situations, till now.

kristie2422

We had a 2 sets of couples we would hang out with occasionally and when they found out we were TTC the phone calls started slowing down and then completely stopped. They are younger (24) and have no intention of having kids and we haven't talked to them in months.

LSB1212

I lost a friend, but it wasn't necessarily b/c I was pg. My DH and I moved away from our hometown...and we didn't get to go home to visit very often. Apparently, my friend at the time was very selfish & didn't think that a phone call about once or twice a week was enough. She made the comment, "have fun with your kid"....and I have yet to talk to her since---and definitely don't plan on it.

Court_23

Sadly, you definitely learn who your true friends are when you get married/pregnant.  It was very hard to adjust to when I first got pregnant that a lot of people don't invite you out to do things or give you the oppurtunity to tell them no.  I can't say i have lost friends but I did learn some people's true colors.

lbg832

Not really this go around, but after I had DD yes.  We just weren't into going out to bars and doing the same things as our childless friends were.

mayowife

I have not lost any friends, but there are some I see much less often now. I'm just not up for the types of things they are doing.

I have come a bit closer to friends who already have children. We've bonded over pregnancy tales.

cinderellabella

(I guess I am the only Jingle Belly still in 2nd tri so I am sneaking over again)

I've done both. The friends that I have lost don't really have anything to do with the baby, it's just that people have moved on and everyone is a lot busier. I've gotten a little closer to some friends in my life who are fellow mommies and that has been nice. Also, I've actually made some pretty sweet friends on here that has really helped me "handle" the pregnancy so far!

Twin_Stones_in_the_Oven

Thankfully, no DH and I have not lost any friends. Most of our friends got married the same year as us and also had their first child the same year as us.

I would say 50% of those couples have had a second child this year... so we all seem to be on the same course.

mrs_sherod

No, but many more people at work want to talk to me now.

kgganden

I haven't lost any but I do feel cut off. DH and I just moved 11 hours away and we are really young. We were the first to get married and now are the first to have a kid. I feel like I am at a different point in my life. But, I still love my friends and they try to understand!

GratefulGreens

Nope, I've not lost any friends...but I have gained a couple which is great  

nadiarl

No, but we only have a few really close friends anyway. I hope we don't lose any of them :-)