I wanted to write a appreciation post for my Partner because I’m only on day 5 of post birth, so hormones are crashing and emotions are high. I won’t be able to tell him half the things I’m grateful for him doing the last 5 days because I will cry too much (agh bloody pregnancy.. never been an openly emotional person!) And also so that when I feel like I can hold myself together enough I don’t forget exactly what I want to thank him for.
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when I found out a c section was the safest option, he was extremely supportive and could tell when I was worried even when I didn’t think I was.
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going in for the c section he didn’t bombard me with false reassurances, just just talked to me and kept me focused.
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he was not scared at all to get stuck in with baby when she arrived, I was a little worried he would be reluctant and worried about doing the wrong thing, but he well and truly got his foot in the door and was changing nappies without asking, despite admitting months ago that he was intimidated about having to change nappies as he didn’t want to hurt her or do anything wrong. He just got completely stuck in.
He even tells me now what her poos should look like, what her cord is looking like as it’s about to drop off, and how often she should be having dirty nappies. I asked him how he knew so much and he had spent some of his time at the hospital reading all of the posters on the wall and making notes of things he thought would help reassure us that we’re doing fine even when we think we’re not.
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he took the baby from me today and put her down in her crib and told me to go and have a sleep. I woke up 3 hours later and could hear him downstairs talking to the baby while he changed her nappy, first about changing her nappy and then about being grizzly and not wanting to ‘wake up mummy’ - there Was something about listening to him talk to her that made me feel so overwhelmed.
When I came downstairs he got me my painkillers and gave me baby to feed, made sure I was comfortable and said I looked better for having a sleep.
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my OH is very much a throw a frozen pizza in the oven type. While I enjoy fresh veg and home cooked meals. He popped up the shop this morning to get me more maternity pads, but he also brought lots of things to make dinner.
Well he’s just cooked me a beautiful bit of salmon with new potatoes and vegetables.
He brilliant during the night, we will take it in turns to smooth and feed the baby (if I expressed) so that the other can sleep, and he hasn’t once hugged, puffed or sighed about anything.
We talked about how difficult the first few days were going to be as we both had very different upbringings and we’ve discussed a few things that we’ve disagreed on it wanted to do differently. But so far we’ve worked so well as a team and I just can’t believe I had even the slightest bit of worry about him.
Feel free to post an appreciation for your significant others!