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to want him to cook his own dinner.

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qazxc · 29/02/2012 13:08

i'm currently pregnant with our first child; and feel like death warmed up. i'm nauseaus the whole time and tired, etc... I therefore do not have the desire to cook every night as i usually do. i don't feel physically up to it to be honest. Is it unreasonable to ask him to look after himself for the next couple of months?

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LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 29/02/2012 15:40

We have a few ready meals in the freezer - or extra portions of previous dinners - for this very reason, OP. Sometimes I just don't want to cook either.

Tell your partner you don't want to cook, let him sort himself out - and make something for you if you feel up to it. Hope you feel better soon though.

mich54321 · 29/02/2012 19:14

Feel for you OP, I was exactly the same. Infact I used to faint from the smell of food so couldn't go in the kitchen and couldn't do the weekly shop because the fruit and veg was positioned at the front of the store. You really need to speak to DH and explain that you can not cook until the MS goes. I got round it by ready meals couple of nights, both mums made up extra plates from their sunday lunches/did hot pots so that was another 4 nights and he had a take away once a week. Like you, I couldn't eat and survived off cup a soup and dry bread (only thing I could keep down). Hopefully it won't last for the whole pregnancy, and to be honest if your DH can't manage to make his own evening meal, then he has a big shock coming in a few months ! He could also try making big lasagne / meat pie / hotpot etc at weekend when not in work, put into portions, freeze then microwave each night. It really won't kill him for a couple of weeks until you are feeling better.

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