Last night cuddling with my DP in bed, I was joking around about becoming a sex chat operator (saw thread on here) once noodlebaby is here as I won't be at work anymore.
He then says 'well you need to think about how to earn more from home and what extra work you can do while off' 
. I replied, well actually darling, I'll have just given birth and will be bringing up our son for a while so won't have time to work from home.
It's like he expects me to start another at-home job right after giving birth. I really don't think he has a clue how difficult it is with a newborn and adjusting/breastfeeding etc.
Nb. I currently run my own business which is very stressful and have for years now. I've been looking forward to a little mum and baby time without work.
Aibu?
AIBU?
To think my DP doesn't have a clue
mmmnoodlesoup · 06/11/2012 08:48
I think my DP thinks his life isn't going to change much.
When noodlebaby arrives he will find that if you have time to pee once all day, eaten anything at all and fed the baby it will be considered a very productive day
Your dh will change once he is on pat leave and has no sleep!
And my spelling and grammar this morning is terrible....I blame 8 month old ds and sleep deprivation
Well I had easy pregnancies & easy births.
PFB was prem-& some twat told me I was lucky as I could sleep through the night with a newborn
When they came home they fed every 2hrs initially-day & night.
In theory I could have done stuff in the day.
In reality & was too busy sleeping!
Well we have 3 now and DH only took pat leave with DD2 earlier this year. Shock to the system just about describes it! Don't get me wrong, he does know how much I do around the house but this time I was so tired after the birth (hb) that he insisted I rest and he would do everrything. Including dealing with the DC's school run, visitors and mw who turned up 6 hours afterwards to do DD's check.
I just pretended to be asleep and sniggered to myself in bed...
After 2 days of pat leave he just looked at me and said "how the hell do you do it?" I think he was relieved to go back to work
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