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1st Trimester
ilovetolaugh
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If there was one thing...
ilovetolaugh
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that you would want someone else to tell your DH about pregnancy so he would understand a little better what was going on in/with your body and emotions, what would it be?
(and yes, I'm probably going to make my DH read this)
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Re: If there was one thing...
Just go with it.
What ever I say I want, need or feel at the moment, just go with it.
If that want, need, feeling passes and have I the complete opposite want, need, feeling, just go with it. DO NOT point out that I felt differently 5 minutes ago.
This. I actually read that our bodies use more energy laying down on the couch then theirs do during a workout at the gym. (I used this reference since my DH goes regularly and comes home looking like I feel, exhausted)
Ooooo... where did you read this??! I MUST know so I can show DH!
YES! It needs to be printed!
Well, I am very early on in the pregnancy, so I haven't had a rough time with it yet. I don't think he's had a chance to NOT "understand". If that makes sense. But so far, with every sigh and cough, he's been coming over or asking if I'm okay.
Is your DH already not "understanding" what you're going through? I guess I'm confused on the question too. Why wouldn't he understand that you're tired or your hormones are being affected? It's pregnancy... it happens.
::butting in from 3-6::
Not to argue with a hormanal pregnant woman over something she NEEDS done that you seem to think is minor and will get to when you get a chance. It's not something that can be explained, but when we are pregnant, and need for you to do something...it's not a frivolous request. Please kindly do whatever it is we ask, keep your grumbling to yourself, and then we won't have to ask you 1000 times to please do whatever it is we need you to do.
::skips off back to my board::
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Not at all, he's been so awesome! He comes home and makes dinner, he's cleaned the whole house, always has laundry going. He's been awesome. I was just wondering what you would want your DH informed of and since I'm still so early on i was going to show him when the newness of me being KU wares off! haha
Because men are idiots. Well - actually, they're not idiots, they just haven't spent NEARLY as much time thinking about pregnancy as most women have. And now that WE are the ones experiencing it and they are simply watching from the sidelines, it's no big surprise that they just don't "get" a lot of what we are going through. I don't think they mean to be insensitive or anything - it's just a lot of new information coming at them all at once and they don't always process correctly right away, or know the right way to express themselves. That's all.
Love it!!
Ahhh.. ok I understand it better. :-) My DH grew up with a bunch of sisters, so he is almost scary with the understanding women part. Not even just the few pregnancy symptoms I've had, but he talks me through every hormonal period! lol Hopefully he stays the same way during these 9 months. :-)
But, now that I'm thinking...I would have to pick the I'm-Too-tired-to-do-housework one. Hopefully he understands about that.
:Smiling devilishly to myself: Can't wait to use that one!
ha ha JK!
Lurking from 3rd tri:
I would definately let them know that later on in the pregnancy it HURTS to do most things! Sorry if I don't feel like walking around downtown for hours because my crotch hurts......
Sorry if the smell of your favorite cologne makes me gag myself to death, please don't wear it, or you may be wearing what I had for lunch!
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I think he's trying to understand it, but he's also a little frustrated that our fridge is packed chock-full of foods I specifically requested and now refuse to even look at. Part of it is that he can't stand wasting food.
I second this one. We even fought in Albertson's because he thought I was buying food and that i already eat like 6000 calories (which I do not). He also thinks that I am going to gain so much wait and that I will be to lazy to lose it.
In my book, What to Expect When You're Expecting! Back in the dad's section.
"If you think you're tired at the end of the day, think about this: Your spouse expends more energy lying down on the sofa building a baby than you do bodybuilding at the gym. Which makes her a lot more tired than you've ever known her to be - and a lot more tired than you can even imagine."