Hey guys, I am feeling very low. Ready for a long story, 'cause I am going to write one now....
About 8 months ago, at work I went to lunch with a collegue and her friend (who I work with in a different department occasionally). They have known each other for about 15 years. We were sitting there, my collegue 5 weeks pregnant, her friend 10 weeks pregnant and myself 6 weeks pregnant.... It was fun I had not told them of my pregnancy, but they were chatting away about theirs.
Fast forward to today, I got a phonecall from my collegue, who is supposed to go on maternity leave from tomorrow. I guessed she was ringing to chicken out of work tomorrow and starting maternity leave today. phone call went along the lines of...
"I went to the doctor today, but I am completely ok", I think this is a strange way to tell me she is not in work. "My friend had her baby on Saturday, its a boy. Yesterday her husband died"
I thought I had misheard. Was he in a car accident? No. He had been out of work for two years and finally got a job starting yesterday on a building site, and fell to his death. 
The friend is still in hospital following the birth of her baby. My collegue is in pieces too as she is due to give birth in the next couple of weeks.
Sorry it is a long story, but I am feeling very down. Less than a year ago we were all happily thinking babies, I lost mine but was so happy for the two of them to be having good and healthy pregnancies and watching their bumps grow. Now this death of her husband seems such a cruel blow when her post-birth hormones are already all over the place. And my collegue is scared with the last few weeks of her pregnancy not going too well and now this shock.
Sorry again, I just needed a place to come where I could grab a gin or two and forget my problems.