“I’m pregnant”. You’ve been best friends for years, but you didn’t see this one coming. What now? What can you do? How can you help? You don’t have to be a counselor or an expert to be a really good friend. Here’s five simple ways you can encourage your friend who is dealing with an unexpected pregnancy.
Whether you’ve missed your period or watched that little line appear on the pregnancy test, you’re at a crossroads. Right now, you’re trying to decide what to do. You’re pregnant and your mind is racing with questions of, “what now?”. Maybe you’re feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or even a little scared. Those emotions are completely normal.
You just realized that you missed your period. Maybe you track it on an app and “late” is glaring you right in the face. Maybe it’s a slow realization that you should have had it by now. Either way, your anxiety level goes up as you think, “Now what?”