Friendships aren’t always easy sailing and life events will always put relationships to the test. For me, I found that being pregnant seemed to make those around me think I no longer wanted to go out or do anything fun and it was so irritating! I wanted to treat my pregnancy as my last nine months to be purely selfish yet people around me presumed I was just at home having baths and buying baby bits online.
Support comes in many shapes and sizes, and for me, all I wanted was my friends to treat me like the person I’d always been, with perhaps a couple of extra graces if hormones turned me into a mega cow. I wanted to go out for non-alcoholic drinks and chat like we used to but I also wanted friends to come with me to classes or simply pop round and just have dinner and watch trashy TV. Even if you don’t want kids or having children is a million miles away, here are the best ways I feel you can support your friends: