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Emergency C-section a week ago and partner always complaining he can’t get anything done in the day.

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Cookiemonster83 · 21/11/2022 16:38

So I had an emergency c section one week ago, and I had a haemorrhage, lost 1.7L of blood. I’m home now but I’m still really weak and tired. I need my boyfriends help a lot, to get up and looking after the baby as I’m still in pain.

Over the days he seems to be getting progressively more annoyed. He has taken 2 weeks paternity leave. He keeps complaining that he can’t get things done like paint the shed etc. He says by the time I’m ready it’s too late for him to do anything.

Its making me upset, it’s not my fault. I feel I’m now over doing it trying to compensate, my wound is sore today form rocking the baby half the night.

I don’t know what to say to him. He is on paternity leave to help with the baby not do painting. I really need his help.

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perfectcolourfound · 10/10/2023 17:39

He is selfish, stupid, thoughtless, uncaring.... I could go on.

Where to start?
Does he not understand the REASON PATERNITY LEAVE IS A THING??
He seems to think it's additional annual leave, to do what he wants to do.
Why doesn't he WANT to spend time with his new baby?
Why doesn't he WANT to look after his gf who's in pain and trying to look after a newborn and a 6 year old?
Why is he so uncaring? Why is he trying to guilt-trip you when you've done nothing wrong?

Given he's spent months telling you that parenting is your job, we can't blame this on some temporary madness that he'll hopefully get over. It sounds like he's just a common sexist pig without an empathetic or caring bone in his body.

You deserve better. Your children deserve better.

WakingUpDistress · 10/10/2023 17:44

ZOMBIE THREAD

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