Pregnant and lonely

[ilianora]

ive never had a huge circle of friends. 95% of the time I prefer it that way. Me and my DP are such great friends I don't usually feel the need for someone else to talk to. But when we fall out over something, or sometimes when he is working long hours I just wish I had someone else in my life. Someone similar to me who I can chat to and vent to and just hang out with sometimes. The couple of friends already have, have completely different lifestyles to me and I see them rarely, and don't want to spend that time talking about miserable things!
I'm not the kind of person to just meet up with some woman off the Internet for a chat but meeting someone organically seems unrealistic especially since I left work.
Feeling a little isolated and vulnerable and any advice would be great

Could you go to a local meditation group? I find after people have meditated they are much less guarded and everyone feels relaxed, it will be good for you and your baby's general well being too?

I think it is a good idea to develop outside friends- as support for when things are hard but also just to share the pregnancy experience with. Having a baby is fairly stressful and it is a good idea to have as many people as possible around you to support and help you.

Antenatal groups will be a great way of meeting people and you automatically have one thing in common! I know a lot of my friends have found them incredibly helpful especially those who have felt fairly isolated while on mat leave

My area is terrible for this kind of service. There are only antenatal groups for mums under a certain age. The only kind of groups available would be after the baby arrives. Nhs antenatal classes only have 4 sessions and we haven't booked onto it this time because last time the content wasn't relevant to home birth.