First deployment

I promise, you got this! Me & my husband have been through a ton of deployments. It's hard, but you learn how to manage. I always made sure I worked and went to the gym every day (or anything to occupy your time, since you are pregnant the gym may not be too fun lol) the worse possible thing you can do is sit at home constantly! When you get those phone calls/Skype calls you will feel on top of the world and they will push you to stay strong until the next one! Just stay positive & stay busy girl. I know it's hard, but it's worth it 

What branch?And the first week was and always is the hardest. Routine routine routine! My Marine just left yesterday too. I'm not even sure when I'll see him next.. But I focus on everyday and at least you have family, I don't but I have GOD and trust me if I didn't have church and God is be a mess. Keep in touch.We serve too. So be strong for him.. Let him know you miss him but you can handle it. We need them to come home so the less they worry about home the better!! Oorah !

My first his third was 8 months long. I cried the day he left and then the day he came home...  Between school and raising two toddlers that kept my me occupied the whole time.

I'm so scared. My husband is wanting to deploy in the next couple months and we just got married, and I'm 5 weeks pregnant. It would be more ok if I wasn't pregnant. I just don't want him to miss out on the experience/process of me being pregnant and I need him for support.

You can do it! My husband has been gone more than he's been home in our 7 and a half years of marriage.... The BEST advice I can give you to help him make it through is Don't.... and I repeat Don't cry to him on the phone or Skype, and don't tell him absolutely everything that is bothering you or thatsr going wrong.... It will only distract him from the mission and he'll be worried about you instead of the task at hand (which is dangerous for him and his unit)... Make the moments you get to talk/see him special to the both of you and cherish them! Send him updates of your pregnancy and baby.... Also if he's not able to come home for the baby, most military hospitals will lwtr you Skype during delivery... Take as much advantage of R&R as possible and plan something special.. (don't get discouraged or mad if he doesn't want to have sex the first day or two, they have to re adjust) For you, keep yourself busy and your phone charged and on loud at All times.. The first time my husband deployed I missed his phone call by 10 seconds and I cried for literally an hour.. 20 mins after I was done and feeling pretty shitty he called again (talk about falling in Love all over again in that 7 min phone call).. Be Strong, you can do it! I'm here and preggo too if you ever need to talk...