make some mommy friends

I’d say this goal is accomplished. I now have a good, strong mommy group that gets together once or twice a week. It’s an interesting aspect of new mommies that when someone brings another new mommy friend for the first time, she automatically becomes our friend and part of the group. Remember when it was like that in elementary school? When your friends were automatically connected like that? It’s nice!

I had a few mommy friends when I was living in Berkeley, but my friends in SF are basically young, single, and childless. Recently, though, some of us from prenatal yoga and/or homebirth prep class have been getting together. It’s the nicest thing, hanging out and talking about what we’re going through. It helps us to realize that we aren’t alone in our experience; that most of us are having similar feelings, both physical and mental, and we can talk about things that non-mommies might not totally get, or not be that interested in… It’s great!