Anxiety about being alone

Annamarie • Clinical mental health counseling major 🤓🧠💊🧬❤️ Proud Army wife 🇺🇸 🎗 FTM to a girl: 7/11/2020🤱🏻

I’m currently 16 weeks pregnant and my husband is in the Army. He’s been in for 3 yrs and we’ve been together for almost 8 yrs- married for 3.5 yrs. So I’m not new to type of life, but he is going to be sent away for 6 months for training soon. We are not sure if it’ll be before I give birth or after (🤞🏻 for after). This is our first child and I don’t know how I will handle being apart from him with a child all by myself. We live out of state from friends and family. Can anyone share their experiences with husbands being away for extended periods of time while you have a baby- both good and bad? How did you cope? I’m currently in a Masters program online, but I won’t be able to continue to work because I only work part time and daycare will be more than I make so it’s not worth it. Im afraid I’ll become very overwhelmed by myself with taking care of a baby, doing school work, and keeping the house clean.