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DH expecting too much at 38wks, AIBU?

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Coffeecoin · 20/05/2025 08:05

I feel sitting here writing this is so unnecessary but I am so angry. I am currently 38wks with DC2 and still working fulltime (last week, yay).

Yesterday I was done - had been awake since 3am the night before because of general discomfort, had done washing before work, had a stressful day at work trying to close things off, cooked dinner, picked up DC1 from nursery + took him to the park (was sunny and park is right across nursery) and admittedly, I was in a sour mood. I was even tearful. Was just feeling overwhelmed.

Anyway, then came bedtime and DC1 (2YO) does this thing every night where he reads with his dad in his bed and then comes running to our bed wanting me to get out of my own bed and go to his until he falls asleep, which can take about 30mins and this was at 9pm yesterday. I was reluctant to get out my bed and asked DC1 to go back to his room with his DH. Naturally he had a meltdown (I am totally OK with meltdowns, understand their normal etc) but DH gets flustered so he grabbed him and said to him ‘Right, let’s go, mummy doesn’t want you’. At that point I was fuming - I don’t want my son, or I am at almost fullterm and completely knackered by everything I am still keeping afloat? Was I being unreasonable in wanting to sleep at 9pm yesterday and not do bedtime for once?

anyway, I didn’t say anything back and just slept. Had a good night’s sleep finally and had a word with DH this morning. He told me he is fed up of my complaining and always being grumpy but when I asked him what he expected from me last night, he wasn’t able to reply. I also said it’s surely time better spent for him to do bedtime and have his wife rest than have his wife do bedtime while he relaxes doing stuff he likes???

Feeling miserable and just want to run away from everything 😂 not sure how to move forward from here without massively resenting DH atm 😅

OP posts:
minemine1989 · 21/05/2025 08:35

Genuinely think men are wired differently. I would have been raging if my other half had said that to my child. He has no idea what you’re going through and should be way more understanding and supportive.

my other half refused to take me to work when I was 38 weeks pregnant… it was November and I take 2 busses to work. He refused because it was the first day off of his holiday and he likes to lie in on the first day. My LO is almost 18 months and I’m still raging about it.

Coffeecoin · 21/05/2025 12:40

@minemine1989 they are from a different planet aren’t they??? He could have dropped you off and spent the rest of his day in bed surely??!!

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ForZanyAquaViewer · 21/05/2025 14:03

Coffeecoin · 21/05/2025 12:40

@minemine1989 they are from a different planet aren’t they??? He could have dropped you off and spent the rest of his day in bed surely??!!

Men are not from a different planet. You and that poster just have incredibly shitty husbands.

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