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Omg this was me 2 years ago! All I can say is MOMS GROUPS! MOMS GROUPS! MOMS GROUPS!I got pregnant the month we moved 2000 miles away from home. I knew no one, and had no family (except my husband) within 3 hours drive. I was invited to a group called MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) and it literally changed my life!! It's for moms anywhere from conception through Kindergarten so everyone there is either going through, or has recently gone through, all of the same things. It's not only a great place to gain knowledge and info, but it's truly a place to make lasting friendships. I've never had any real close female friends until now and its really amazing to me. You can find locations near you at mops.org. I hope this helps! Blessings!!
Finding friends!
Ok I know this sounds stupid, but I'm actually a little worried about this. I'll be leaving my job in March when baby gets here to be a stay at home mom and though there will be a ton of things to do around the house and caring for my new baby, how did anyone meet friends?! I'm not close with my neighbors, my family lives 30+ minutes away, and though I'm not particularly social, it would be nice to have a mom or two to go have a girls night with that understands. I'm at the point in life (29) where half my friends are either married with kids way older (6-10), or single and have no children. No one I know already is at the stage of having been married for two years and just now starting their family. How did you guys meet friends?!
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Have you done a birthing course? I found some friends through that. Or maybe prenatal yoga? Also if you google mothers group in your area something should pop up! Good luck. There are plenty of other mums in the same position I'm sure!
Vi
I haven't yet! I need to sign up for a class at my hospital in the next few weeks though. I'm not sure if I'll meet people there or not it's just a day long class. I'm kind of shy so I'm hoping I can just randomly pluck up the guts to say hi lol
I have a mom group that I joined last year and I have made a couple friends from that. We meet every other week from September to May. I just joined another mom group that meets once a month and it will be my second time going next week. I'm a very social person, so when I quit my job last year, it was a struggle for me. I try to go on dates once a month with my best friend, but other than that, I'm just hanging out with my girls. :) my husband and I do workout at the ymca in another town, so I'm hoping to find another pregnant momma I can bind with, since I'm 15 weeks along.
Ta
A coworker of mine told me about the first mom group before I quit my job. The second mom group I found out from a mom at the first mom group. The first group is held at a church. So if you don't know of any moms that go to one, maybe contact churches or activity centers and ask?
Vi
Where did you find these mom groups to join?! See I'd love to meet a mom who's around my stage to bond with and become friends with or even like a group of people because all of my friends now are pretty much single and don't really spend much time with me now that we don't have things in common.
It was quiet diffrent for me. Im the only one of my group of friends that has a child. Slowly they all stopped talking to me and vise versa. Now ill admit it would be nice to have a friend or 2 but I like it being just me anyways. When my husband gets home I talk to him. I talk to my mom and my dad calls every few days. So I really dont have any good advise for you BUT..... maybe try bingo. I know it sounds old and boring but im 22 and I really like it. Although I dont go anymore but its fun it gets out of the house and you moght meet some other moms:)
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