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I can't say I have ever been in the same situation. I knew someone like that once, but we were never that close, thankfully. I guess you just have to decide how much the friendship actually means to you, and how much she adds to your life. If there are more negative reasons than positive, you may want to consider cutting ties. It will be hard at first, but you will adjust. If you decide that she is important enough, maybe have an honest talk with her and tell her what is bothering you. Sometimes just an adjustment in our own att_tude will help the situation. For example, my best friend in high school had the habit of always cancelling plans in the last minute. It used to upset me quite a bit until I realized that she wasn't going change and I just had to accept her. I basically stopped planning anything with her, and we would only do things together spur of the moment. It worked! Maybe limit the amount of information you give her? Whatever you decide, hope things work out for you. Its obviously causing you stress... which isn't good for your baby. Sorry for the ramble!

I had a friend like that in high school, minus the pregnancies :) it was ridiculous. if i started to wear a different make up, she would too, new nail polish color on my nails, next day - on hers. I would tell her about my clothing ideas of what i am going to get for that season, within a week she would get that before i could even get a chance to look at anything. i am not kidding, every single thing. and maybe at this point it seems like nothing, but back then it was a big deal. my self esteem went down, i couldn't share anything, but because we were so close i didn't want to say anything. She even found out the guy who was interested in me and i liked him too, she went out with him first and dated him for couple of months. One day i did though and her explanation was that she thought i look so good in everything that she wanted to look the same and i told her that she's not me and we will never look the same because we are different! eventually, i got tired of that and stopped communicating with her or sharing. we grew apart pretty fast. i didn't need somebody who had no personality and was only interested in being a copycat and be me! she was sucking out all my energy. we didn't stop being friends, but we were never the same. it was more like being cla__smates or buddies :) friendship is just like marriage, you give and you take. there has to be a compromise. talk to her, tell her how you feel and that her behaviour makes you unhappy. real friends don't act this way. she is selfish and as you saw, is not supportive at all! I would say stay away as much as you can, at least through out your pregnancy. you don't need to stress about these things while you're pregnant. Good luck!

Thank you for the responses. It really does remind me of high school drama but we've been out of school for about 9 years. Right now, we only talk about once a week or so and sometimes that's too much because she's always asking me to lend her money or asking me to watch her son. I don't mind watching him, he's a good little boy, but she normally asks me when I have a busy schedule and really can't take him with me. Normally when I have a doctors appointment or something like that. Sometimes I feel used because she does this all of the time. I don't work, so it's not like I could give her the money that she needs (normally she doesn't need it, she just wants to go shopping for a bunch of things she really doesn't need...movies, cds, things like that). BLAH!!!! I'm stressing just thinking about it.

seriously, you have a right to a stress free pregnancy. she obviously taking advantage of the fact you're not working. don't lend her any more money, tell her this is tough period for you too and you would too love to go shop for your baby or for yourself. you don't really need to explain yourself, if you're too busy or tired to take care of her son - don't! she's is crazy if she doesn't understand that.