I had to name change for this. He knows I post on here but hopefully he won't read it this time.
There's a substantial amount of context so please bear with me.
I just gave birth a few days ago. I tried very hard not to have a c section, but I had no choice in the end. I almost died the first time 9 years ago when I had my DD. My exH was fairly abusive when she was born, she was an unplanned pregnancy and he'd become fairly violent because I didn't want to have sex with him (he left a whole in the wall when we moved). I suffered horrible PND that made me forget most of her first year and also had bonding issues that still exist to this day.i divorced and met my now DH. We are a great match and love each other very much. Our main issue is that neither of us is particularly tidy and I struggle sometimes to get things done. I'm very ashamed of this and sometimes he helps sometimes he doesn't. And every little change I make goes unnoticed by him.
His exW has OCD and is extremely clean.
Yesterday was our first night at home. We had leave everything on hold at home because we thought we'd be back from hospital but instead I was admitted for a whole week. Needless to say when we came back the house was in a state. We cleaned as much as we could and settled for the day.
Because of my c section I can barely move (it was a much longer one to correct the issues from the one I had many years ago) and to say that I'm in pain is an understatement. I also have inverted nipples.and the baby won't latch, so have to express.
When we were about to.go to.sleep he mentioned how the house was a rip and we needed to do something about it. He knows it's always a touchy subject and I didn't feel it was the right thing to talk about just before going to bed. I was tired, in pain, and frustrated that even the most basic things like getting in and out of bed are very difficult for me.
We ended up having a shouty fight which only ended when I said that when I compare myself to his ex wife I feel like an utter failure. He apologised but then it turns out that he sometimes apologises to keep the peace but not because he means it, so that only builds even more resent.
Today I woke up not feeling great. I tried to get on with our day but then got triggered when I heard a lullaby (baby was sleeping) and started crying like a maniac. I apologised to tr baby for bringing him to maybe not the perfect family. My DH came in and calmed me down but I haven't felt 100% again.
I'm just so sad and angry and worried it's going to happen again. I don't know who to talk to and I just feel so lost.
Thank you for reading my rant.