Forgotten about in pregnancy

[LJJ90]

This sounds really selfish, I do realise. I feel like I've been struggling in general the last month or so anyway, but this last week in really feel like in pregnancy we are forgotten about.

I'm single, baby's dad left very early on, I'm 30 in two weeks and feel very lost at the moment. When I try to speak to anyone the responses have been 'you have the best gift coming' blah blah.

Totally shit when you feel like that OP! Varying in situations from person to person but I think we have all felt like that at some point!
Try and lean on your friends and family when you're feeling really shit and speak to your MW too as most of them are totally lovely and will always give you as much time as they can

Oh dear. It must be tough being pregnant at the moment if you don't have much support. Are you able to organise something for your birthday? Some kind of socially-distanced get-together? I really think it's worth marking it, your last birthday without kids (not saying your birthdays won't be great after, but they are different!)

If you're feeling shit, do tell people. Don't keep it bottled up.

It's a hard time to be pregnant. I found being honest with one of my friends in particular about the bad days/weeks tough as she just kept saying other people had it worse and implying that being pregnant (ftm) and under huge financial strain because of coronavirus wasn't that big a deal. I dealt with it by giving her some time to reflect on the conversation and then, when she came back to me, I explained that if she wants me to be honest about how I'm getting on then she needs to understand she can't argue me out of having bad days or compare my situation to others. Everyone has their shit to deal with and it's perfectly acceptable to feel like crap and expect people to listen and support and not judge/invalidate your feelings. That may not help in your situation, but it could be the people you're talking to are just not really listening to what you're saying and therefore responding with platitudes.
I think the other responders have made some great and constructive suggestions, just wanted to say you're not alone!

aww I'm sorry your feeling a bit low at the moment, its totally understandable, everything is different your hormones are up and down and covid just makes things harder, I have to tell myself everyday to be grateful and enjoy it but some days are harder than others and today is one of those days ! But as they say worth it in the end, I feel quite alone as haven't told many people and as I'm on sort of bed rest I don't even go out the house much bar hospital so its been very lonely so far, I also feel people don't want to listen to my moaning so I keep most if it to myself, I hope you can enjoy your birthday and things get better for you