A woman (20sF) who reports to my (30F) boyfriend (40M) at work is pregnant and alone and I don’t know if I can or should offer support

My boyfriend of 6 years hired a woman for his team about a year ago. She moved to the area for the job and still doesn’t really know anyone or have any friends here.

After a week of near-constant crying at work, she confided in my bf yesterday that she took a pregnancy test and it came back positive. After telling the guy about it, he stopped taking her calls or answering her texts.

I’ve only met her once, at a my bf’s birthday party earlier this month. We introduced ourselves and made small talk for a few minutes but that’s about it. I’ve been wanting to get to know her better, partly because BF speaks highly of her and partly because he’s mentioned her struggle to adjust to the new area, the opportunity just hasn’t come up.

Anyway, her first appointment is tomorrow morning and she’s going alone. She hasn’t even told her family yet. I think my bf is the only person in her life who knows. My heart breaks for her and I want to fill any role of support I can, I just don’t know if there is any that’s appropriate. My bf would go with her but we agree it feels inappropriate for a variety of reasons. He asked her if she’d like me to come and she declined saying she’s ok going alone, but we can’t tell if that’s just her being polite/trying not to be a burden or if that’s what she really wants.

At this point my gut is to leave her be, but I would hate to leave someone feeling alone when I could’ve done something to help, so I thought I’d ask the audience if anyone has a better idea of how she’s feeling and what an essential stranger can do.

**TL;DR: A woman my boyfriend knows from work is completely alone in the area and just found out she’s pregnant (at least, the at-home test says so). I barely know her but want to be of any help I can.

Submitted February 01, 2019 at 06:37PM by stumblingtumbling http://bit.ly/2SmhgTj