MN Hand hold if possible

[BruceAndMarley]

My husband has tested positive for covid . He’s a nurse and had symptoms for 3 days , got tested and is positive . Ok the 5th day now and hasn’t got sense of taste or smell , basic flu symptoms alongside it, so thankfully not too awful.
We have a 4 (nearly 5) month old daughter. I’m suffering from PPD quite severely . I know I need to also isolate with him.
We have a 3 bed house , one main bathroom and one downstairs loo but only a toilet no bath/shower downstairs , I had been sharing a bed as normal with DH before he tested positive , and last night he slept in our daughters currently unused nursery on an air bed .
I’ve tested negative this morning , so far so good with me and DD. I’m going crazy being stuck in already , and I feel like DH isn’t taking me seriously with my mental health , and isn’t isolating to one room as he says it won’t be good for his MH either so we are currently in the living room on separate sofas . Is this enough ? Am I going to end up catching it and have to isolate all over again ?
He’s putting his bath towel in the wash as soon as he’s used it , we are sanitising hands and I’m not touching his cutlery or plates they’re going straight in the dish washer .

Can anyone advise me on what else to do or even just a hand hold for this shitty time ? I’m want to run away so a badly .

Also DD is exclusively breastfed so if I catch it DH can’t even help me with her so I’ll continue to carry the load

Sitting on separate sofas is not going to stop you catching the virus if you are susceptible to it but then again if you are susceptible to it, you will probably have caught it already. I'd suggest you continue to sleep apart til his isolation is up, but otherwise I'm sorry you will just have to wait and see. It is a bit bizarre that he wont stay in a separate room to you but is washing his bath towel tbh.

@Porcupineintherough bloody nightmare . I’ve done a test at home from work and it’s negative and I don’t have any symptoms so I’m hoping I don’t get it . I guess there must be some families who don’t have the space to isolate so im hoping we will be ok.

Morning,
I have been the symptomatic positive in our house. We didn’t have room to isolate me either. We decided to carry on as normal within the house as with two toddlers it’s impossible to distance anyway.
No one else has shown any symptoms, even DH who I carried on sharing the bed with.
I was worried about passing it on too but the transmission really does seem so random!

Just a hand hold from me. So many people don't seem to have caught the virus from people they live with so you do still have a really strong chance of being ok. But it's a lot to deal with with a baby too. I hope the next few days go quickly and you can keep your distance from your DH as much as possible.

The running away feeling and your DH not being supportive with your mental health - are you safe generally? Do you have support from anyone else? Have you reached out to a gp? Do you even have a garden right now that you can get outside and sit in with a cup of something nice? That helps me a lot when I'm feeling very stressed.

@user1483473283 I hope you’re feeling ok! And it is so random isn’t it? Ever so weird . Such a crazy time. Thank you for being kind , & very reassuring too.
@TheAdventuresoftheWishingChair thank you for asking and showing concern . I am safe generally . No issues with my husband or anything . I have just gone downhill since having our daughter , I suffered throughout my pregnancy and got gradually worse . Just feel very unhappy at home but nothing to do with my husband , generally . He’s very good but doesn’t understand mental health so much. He often says he doesn’t know what to do to help me. And as nurses can be sometimes I think nothing phases him due to his work so I can say I’m wanting to run away and it won’t spark concern as such.
I’ve reached out a lot and it’s been a real challenge with the health care professionals . I have a close friend who helps me , she’s very good .

A cup of something nice in the garden sounds a good idea . I’m going to head out with a cup of tea . Thank you x

Very glad you have a close friend to support you at least.

It must have been so hard for anyone who had a baby in 2020 so throwing in PPD into the mix must have been really really tough.

I really hope things ease for you soon. Day at a time. Things are going to get better. This will all be a bad memory before long.