Ideas for a hurting pg friend

[Nillarilla]

Hey Mamas,
My best friend is 33wks pg with her 1st. She wanted this baby desperately and they tried for a year before she got pg. She's having trouble adjusting to asking for help and not being able to do everything and be her lovely workaholic self. Her doctor just took her off work because she was having abdominal cramping and her cervix is 2cm open and soft. She lives on a sheep farm with just her and her hubby about 45min away from my city. She has a very bad back pain and pelvic pain with this pg. She feels like her ribs are being stretched apart and she's exhausted. Now I know she's not taking care of herself properly. I want to pamper her in some way but not really sure how to do it. She's not the type to take to the spa or out to the movies and she's not really supposed to go driving into town by herself so I would have to go to her. What can I bring her that will cheer her up and make her feel lovely being pg? She isn't relishing her curves and she is beautiful. How do I make her feel loved, appreciated and beautiful and also help alleviate some of the boredom? Did someone do something special for you that made you feel fabulous?

Thanks in advance mamas!

[Plaid Leopard]

What about a girls' night in? I think taking a meal - or preparing one for her at her house, taking a dvd to watch together, and giving her her some natural massage oil and bath salts or something like that would be a really nice gesture. Also, if you can find some non-toxic nail polish you could give her a manicure, and maybe do a foot soak with essential oils and/or flower petals or herbs in the water...

[2sweetboysmom]

Could you talk her into a belly cast? Maybe some scrapbooking of her pregnancy so far, and getting pages ready for later on? Does she do any crafting? would she want to work on a cross stitch or quilt kit (to add baby's info to later?)