My closest friend had her first child a couple of months ago. I have two children (4 and 1.5). I know it's still early days for her but I feel like our friendship has really changed already. We've always got on so well and have always been there for each other through life's ups and downs. Now we are both mums, it feels like we are really different.
My friend has taken to parenthood like a duck to water. She had a very straightforward pregnancy and birth and so far, a good first few months. Her partner is very organised and super supportive. She seems to be very calm as a parent and I've not as yet heard her say that anything has been difficult or stressful. It could be that she's got parenting nailed or she just doesn't want to share the harder bits. She was never like this before though. We'd always talk to each other about any problems we might have had.
I'm a stressy, disorganised, chaotic sort of mum (think Julia from Motherland!). Nothing has been easy in my pregnancies, births and in my relationship with dh. There have been some really tough times.
I just feel like we're so different now. I wonder if we were only friends because she didn't have children. She also seems a lot less interested in meeting up now. However she is still going to see other friends.
AIBU to think that now my friend is a mum, she's not as bothered about our friendship?