I Want To Be Happy For My Pregnant Friends, But Sometimes It’s A Struggle. Here’s Why.

Aliseenko via Getty Images One of the last social gatherings I attended before COVID-19 disrupted our lives was a baby shower for one of my dear friends who was pregnant with her first child. We don’t mean to roll our eyes over the oft-repeated phrase, “You’ll see when you become a mom.” It’s that we desperately want to be moms. Another time, several of my friends made plans, and I found out I wasn’t invited because they had their kids and they didn’t think I would want to come. Despite the fact that it seems like everyone else can sneeze and get pregnant, it’s actually a fairly common struggle many couples face. I realized that when it’s finally my turn to be sitting in that chair, I want to make sure I’ve given my friends a reason to want to be there for me.