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Am I being a "princess"?

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Mammyloveswine · 29/12/2017 20:35

So am due baby no 2 any day and have an almost 2 year old. Dh had a heavy cold all over Christmas so I took care of sorting gifts etc. We went to my parents for dinner and I helped mum with the dinner, washed up etc and sat with toddler so dh could eat in peace after he had a bit of a meltdown.
I've caught dhs cold/virus and it has floored me. Spent weds in bed but dh worked yesterday so I took toddler out for the day. Spent all last night up with back pain and woke up this morning feeling like I'd been hit by a bus! Got up but ended up coming back to bed.
Dh has been making sly digs all day about how "convenient" it is that I'm ill, that it's "just a sniffle" and I should "suck it up" and clean for new baby's arrival (house is hardly a hovel but was wanting to strip all the beds and set up moses basket and crib and put Christmas decs away). He has hovered and polished downstairs and cleaned the kitchen but I feel so ill I can barely lift my head off the pillow. His constant digs have really pissed me off as it's like he doesn't believe I feel ill and that I shouldn't be resting when I'm conscious of wanting to get well for my impending Labour.
So aibu for staying in bed? Or should I be up trying to get sorted?

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LivLemler · 29/12/2017 21:49

Geez. I'm usually able to battle through a cold, but am 26 weeks with DC1 and on my third cold - each one has floored me, far more than when not pregnant. Stay in bed, get better as quickly as you can. You might like to point out to him that if you push yourself too hard, he'll be on newborn duty alone.

SnowFairyDust · 29/12/2017 21:52

Cheeky cheeky bastard, STAY IN BED!

Mammyloveswine · 29/12/2017 21:57

Oh god hollowtree that's awful! I hope your dh is still trying to make it up to you!

He's now moaning he's too cold as I turned the heating off.. I've told him tough I need a good night's sleep tonight!

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GrouchyKiwi · 29/12/2017 22:06

Yeah, his attitude can fuck right off. Take all the time you NEED to get better. Because you bloody deserve it, and it's best for both you and your baby.

Hope you feel better very soon. Flowers

nousername123 · 29/12/2017 22:12

Even if you weren't sick you shouldn't be rushing around doing chores etc, he should be doing That, you're heavily pregnant. Tell him to stop being a twat. Being heavily pregnant can be exhausting at the best of times, let alone when you're sick. Next time he's sick show no sympathy and tell him to get on with it. I'm heavily pregnant and my partner won't let me lift a finger. In his words "you're doing the most important job of all carrying our child"

madein1995 · 29/12/2017 22:15

Don't you dare get up and do cleaning! Cheeky sod he is. When he had a cold you.looked after him, now it's his turn to return the favor. BTW I'm.not pregnant but a heavy cold with added dizziness and vomiting has had me in bed for 2days. You need to rest Eben more op.

rightknockered · 29/12/2017 22:18

My ex was like this. It continued after my c-section, when he turned up and slept in my hospital bed because he was worn out with having to go to work and come to the hospital to see me and the baby. Told him not to come. He never improved.

BewareOfDragons · 29/12/2017 22:28

I would be raging, but you're probably too unwell, exhausted and baffled to be raging.

What on earth is going through his dim head?

Italiangreyhound · 29/12/2017 23:48

Stay in bed, if your husband needs some cleaning done he has two choices, do it himself or hire a cleaner.

Agree with BewareOfDragons.

He sounds very dim.

RedForFilth · 30/12/2017 10:43

MammaTJ true though, he sounds like a prize cunt. Only choices in this situation are put up with it or leave as you can't change people. And I doubt she will leave being heavily pregnant so I don't know what else to say!

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