Joan would like friends to step up and offer support.

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I think I wish that my girlfriends could understand a little bit better how to support somebody when they’re being pregnant. I think that there’s a lot of talk of, you know when you’re the friend that doesn’t have a child, how that affects you. But I think that it would have been nice to not have to ask for emotional support, and just have that emotional support before the meltdowns.

You know I had one friend who was just basically, once I had my son, never saw me, never came by, never saw me, was hardly part of my life, is hardly a part of our life now. So just understanding that it’s not a reflection of the friendships, like the friendships will change, but just to support the person that you’re friends with without having to be asked to support them, and that it’s not a choice. Like we’re all dealing with our own struggles.

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