October 2013 Moms

Boyfriend/husband help

Is anyone's significant other having a hard time knowing how to be supportive of your emotions? Mine seems to be making things a little harder.. As if it could even get worse. I have been over the top emotional.. I cry over everything but he's not being to helpful with even trying to understand and make me feel better. Anyone else going through this? Any suggestions?

Re: Boyfriend/husband help

  • My husband struggled my first pregnancy. Make sure you take him to majority of your appointments and buy him a dad-to-be book to help him understand it all more. I bought DH the book "So, You're Going To Be A Dad" and he enjoyed it; it was short and simpl

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  • We had this issue with our first. I agree with what others said. Talk to him, he doesn't get how crazy we can get inside our own head. I would flip out over the tiniest things and then feel terrible. Try to think of how he feels in all this too.
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  • Honestly, if I can tell he is stressed, I try to control myself a little more and don't let my "freak flag fly," so to speak.

    He doesn't have to know that I cried over two sad songs on the radio that day or that I had a crazy scary dream invo
  • He still doesn't understand that I get irrational. This is pregnancy number two.
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  • My poor hubby has no idea how to deal with me sometimes. Like yesterday, we were driving home together from work and I got very upset because he did not want to discuss how to buy maxi pads. I started crying and screamed "Well, what if we have a girl a


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  • I completly understand my SO is completely insensitive. This was an unplanned pregnancy we haven't been together that long. We have spent the last 16 weeks talking about his feelings about things. He has yet to make it to a Drs appointment. I get pretty s
  • Well thank you ladies! Good to know that I am not alone!
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