North East Lincolnshire

Hi everyone. I thought I’d bite the bullet and see if anyone wants to make friends? I’m 24 a mum in Grimsby with two little girls, 5&3 my eldest is autistic and it’s difficult to find friends that are understanding of that. But I’m looking to find anyone that wants to be friends in my area and perhaps meet up? ☺️

Hi all, I am on a mission to find other mums in Grimsby tackling the battlefield of autism. In desperate need of like minded mums to support my son and I and to give advice. Muchly appreciated.

I am currently planning what to put in my first child's nursery and wondering if it's worth getting a changing table for his room? It's not a huge space so we were considering one of those that goes over the cot but I think they look a bit of a faff. Any opinions or thoughts welcome!

I hate to be a Debbie downer but I really just need a rant. So I went back to work one month postpartum after my daughter was born. She turned one at the start of March and I stopped working in July 2025, ever since I’ve been a stay at home mum and to be honest,I’ve found it utterly frustrating. I’m on universal credit and the money I get is based on my partner’s income so a lot of the time I don’t get a lot of money, I am really struggling because I don’t drive and I feel very lonely. I have probably two friends and it’s just really hard. My partner works full-time. I cannot get childcare for my daughter so I cannot work and all the nurseries around me are full and have a waiting list up until September 2027, I have also checked for childminders and they’re full too. We do live with my partner’s mum, but she also works-so any job I could even get has to be based around both my partner, his mum and my daughter-which makes it very difficult. Does anyone have any advice? I feel really stuck and just don’t know what to do. I’ve spoken to my partner about it and he says there’s nothing he can really do, as we have to pay rent etc to his mum and afford things for our daughter. Thanks x

I’m not sure this is the place to post but I have nobody else to talk to about it.

I’m currently nearly 7 months pregnant. Baby was a surprise, really early into the relationship.

Things aren’t great. We’ve been on and off together the whole pregnancy. Trying to make things work but I think we’re just forcing something that perhaps isn’t there. Im really worried that if we end up fully separating before baby is born that he and his family will try to take control of my baby. How would this work? Would they have rights? How do I go about it? I’m panicking big time. There’s no effort put in whatsoever, he doesn’t ask how I am, how my pregnancy is going (even when we’re living together) in fact I can barely get two words out of him half the time. He even forgot about my birthday, I suppose that shows what kind of ‘man’ he is. Maybe I’m just expecting too much? That’s how I’m made to feel. I just don’t know what to do 😭 any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. It’s really taking a toll on my mental health and stopping me from enjoying my pregnancy 😞💔