Hi there,

I can totally understand how you feel.

I am currently away from my husband for a conference and I hate every minute I have to be away. It's making me all tearful and stressy and just a mess.

And my husband has suddenly had to go away himself, so he'll leave the day I get back (currently trying to schedule his flights so he can at least be at my ultrasound appointment the day I get home). We'll overlap by a few hours only and he'll be away for nearly a month.

I'm totally stressed out by this. But then I know it's fair, and it will be harder for him to do this stuff next year when the baby arrives. And I'm a grown woman and will cope. It's got to be at least partly my hormones making me so upset about it.

My suggestions: spend time with your dogs (I see from your sig you have two - great), and horses (I don't have horses but I imagine they are as reassuring as dogs can be). Do positive, constructive things like gardening, dogwalks, reading reassuring books, watching old funny films. Spend time with your family or friends (as long as they are more relaxing than stressful in themselves).

At least that is what I plan to do while he's away. I hope it works.