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[quote=Anonymous]I have a great long-time friend who has been TTC for over a year.  I got pregnant on the pill with my first and then after a month of trying with my second. She was the last in our group of friends to get married and now the only one without kids. I waited a bit long to tell her with #2 because it made me nervous but she acted happy for me although I probably could have been more sensitive in that phone conversation, it's difficult to know what to say or what to talk about (my pregnancy or her problem getting pregnant).  Now I haven't talked to her in about 3 months....I'm not sure if she's avoiding me or not but I know that aside from the pregnancy thing our lives are very different between me having kids are her not. I love this friend and want to make more of an effort to maintain contact and be as sensitive as possible, allowing her to open up to me if/when she wants to about her struggles.  I hope that we can stay close enough that when she gets through this tough period, or when our lives are little more on the same page, we can get close again.  It's difficult maintaining friendships when your day to day lives are very different although I've noticed this is more obvious with some friends as opposed to others.  I'd say tell your friend in person, mention briefly that you were nervous about it but didn't want to leave her out of the loop, try to focus on other things as much as possible and just be available to her to be a friend if she needs you, letting her know via your repeated contact that you will not give up on her and are trying to be empathetic when that's not really possible.  [/quote]

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