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To expect DH to come to 20 wk annoymaly scan with me

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elizaregina · 18/06/2012 10:17

He was too scared to tell his work it was our scan and he hasnt told them yet I am pregnant.
He wasnt 100% sure that they view the scan as important enough for him to miss work for so said it was a hospital appointment....

his boss came to his desk infront of other workers to ask what its for and can he change it due to two others being away that day, its a help desk. ....so my DH alluded to another condition they know he has...and STILL the boss asked if he could re schedule.

DH isnt very good AT ALL at asserting himself...and he is sooo stressed about the whole thing I am on verge of telling him not to bother but by the same token....I think hang on, we are soo lucky to have this second DC on the way.....two and half years of trying, and it is a scan where something nasty could crop up so would like him with me. In the grand scheme of things isnt this more imp?
HE is a dream employee - at his desk half and hour before work, NEVER EVER taken sneaky sick day - totally reliable etc...great at what he does. Yet he has taken large pay cut - work load gone up due to reduncies etc etc..

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elizaregina · 18/06/2012 16:34

cestlavielife

the couple who will look after her for birth are currenltly on holiday

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samandi · 19/06/2012 08:58

I agree taking day off would have been so much easier, but as said before he is a stickler.....and feels guilty about leaving collegues with more work load.

It sounds to me as though he doesn't want to take the time off.

It's completely unreasonable to expect him to be given time off for a scan when his company don't even know about the pregnancy.

DeWe · 19/06/2012 10:09

With dd2 I found out at the 20 week scan that she was missing a hand. It was hard enough going through it as a couple (even if he was a bit irritatingly practical) but it meant he managed to get all the info we needed, whereas I couldn't concentrate on anything.

milkymocha · 19/06/2012 10:19

Good luck with your scan.
Just wondering how your DH will cope if he has to take time off for your labour/birth/postnatal treatment? And will he feel comfortable taking paternity leave?

He seems to care an awful lot about what his colleagues/boss thinks.. How about whst his pregnant wife thinks?

Iam sure hes fab btw (iam not flaming him) but i do think he needs to get his priorities straight. This is what annual leave is for!

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