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Maternity assessment and husband - AIBU

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Sanpellegrino1 · 14/01/2026 14:15

I want to ask if I AIBU / hormonal?

FTM pregnant 30 weeks - reduced fetal
movement on Sunday evening; I was very upset and have barely slept with pregnancy insomnia past several weeks. Told my husband and he did not come with me as said ‘I might be kept in’ and he was working the next day. Thank God everything was OK. I got home at 2am. He did not have work until the afternoon the next day so he could have come with me or driven me there.

Anyway when I arrived at maternity assessment the MW asked if I had a partner as every time I have attended I have been on my own (various things, spotting, UTI etc). I have driven myself down (20-30 minutes and usually quite upset). I was quite hysterical at her asking this and the situation and could not stop crying in maternity assessment.

I feel very unsupported and isolated, I am
not sure if this is pregnancy hormones.

For my first scan he was on a golf trip and had to drive back for the morning but he asked if he ‘had to come’.

I am started to feel the reason I have such high levels of anxiety during pregnancy is the fact I feel very unsupported but I wanted to ask AIBU to see if it could just me being unreasonable with high expectations.

The midwife looked very worried about me and has referred me to perinatal mental health as a matter of urgency.

OP posts:
SparkyBlue · 14/01/2026 14:26

I did a lot of appointments by myself during all three pregnancies but anything important or worrying and he dropped everything to come with me. He sounds awful I can’t get over him letting you go alone on Sunday evening. Did he not care? I can’t totally understand you being upset.

InterestedDad37 · 14/01/2026 14:25

Ffs, he's a waste of space who's not interested. Get rid, before he just turns into a crap father! He's showing you his colours, and waving red flags in your face!

dontmalbeconme · 14/01/2026 14:25

He sounds unsupportive, however your reaction seems quite extreme, and I think they were right to refer you to mental health services for support.

Do you have a history of health anxiety?

JHound · 14/01/2026 14:24

Oh nooo - another dud husband and he will also be a dud father. Sounds like he wanted a wife (but not to be a husband) and I bet he will be a shit dad too.

No, you are not wrong to be upset about his lack of care nor are you wrong to feel unsupported. You are not being supported.

ExtraOnions · 14/01/2026 14:22

Did you have anxiety before you became pregnant?

Do you go to the pregnancy unit a lot?

It’s good that the midwife has recommended you get more support with you MH. I have had depression in the past, so they kept a close eye on me but I was fine.

I did a few things on my own when PG .. my diabetic test, blood pressure monitoring, ante-natal etc. I never saw the point in both of us being there.

dementedpixie · 14/01/2026 14:20

Does he even like you or want this baby?
He sounds horrible and unsupportive