Brag on your DH!

Mrs_Bennett · June 2014

We haven't done one of these in a while, so I thought it was time to hear about how sweet all of our daddies-to-be are....

Last night, thanks to a thread here, I commented to DH how delicious a calzone sounded. He immediately got up and went to go get me one --at 9:30pm! It. Was. Amazing.
(And, I had killer heartburn all night afterwards, hah.). DH has also been helping a lot more with household chores that I usually get done.

So what has your SO other done special to spoil you recently??

LadyXaverian · June 2014

I have felt nauseated all day every day, but evenings are worse. DH has pretty much taken on all of our evening parenting duties while I sit on the couch. He makes dinner for him and DD (because I have a can of soup or sandwich or something simple for dinner each night right now) and cleans up afterwards. He gives her a bath. Then he does bedtime about half the time when it used to be all me. Some evenings, if I feel really yucky, he'll take her out of the house with him to run some errands so I can have some alone time to wallow in my yuckiness.

He's always been very hands-on, but he's really taken on even more over the past few weeks.

LeadMitten · June 2014

DH has been super sweet and understanding about this pregnancy. He cooks for himself and has pretty much taken over all the household duties. Plus he is renovating our house on top of all this. He is a darling.

Biggest thing he has done so far is clean my puke out of the garage when I literally threw up all over and started to cry. He is my hero

so romantic!

liladelphia215 · June 2014

This time around the fatigue is so bad. When I get home from work all I want to do is crash. Because of that, my living room had become a pigsty.

On Tuesday afternoon I came home to find a straightened up living room and flowers on the coffee table. Dishes were done. I texted DH to thank him and he told me to put my feet up for an hour before getting my DD.

*sigh*

mshepherd20 · June 2014

My husband and I started a summer lunch camp this year to help feed the students on a free/reduced lunch during the school year. I was saying last night that I miss being home or going to do fun things with our two kids everyday (I'm a teacher so I cherish my summers with them) because we are all a the camp each day. He admitted last night that he looks forward going to the camp everyday because he gets to see and hang out with our babies during the day when he'd usually be working. He's such a great dad!

I also love that he tells everyone, within 5 minutes of meeting someone new too, that we are having another baby. He is so excited!

thompnia · June 2014

My husband turned the a/c on in our bedroom the other afternoon so it would be cool by bedtime

. He hates the ac on and is always cold.

nmrd · June 2014

I'm in (hopefully) my last year of grad school, and wasn't expecting to get pregnant just yet. The timing is as lucky as it could be though because I just finished teaching and I'm home for the next year working on my dissertation full-time (thanks to a fellowship and DH's full-time job). So on the one hand I feel incredibly thankful that with all the nausea and fatigue I can spend a lot of time on the couch. At the same time I've been feeling really miserable and worthless because I can barely help with anything and am making so little progress on my dissertation. Then on top of that I feel guilty for feeling miserable when so many pregnant women are doing so much more and don't have the luxury of resting so much. And then I also feel really isolated because so few people know I'm pregnant and my family is far away. And I have tons of time to think about all of these things!

Anyway, DH has been so supportive. Just basic things that make a huge difference. He's taken on the majority of the housework and has set the rule that no request is too big or too small. He's been totally willing to change meal plans at the last minute and eat out more than we'd like when everything sounds gross. He's also been eating all the leftovers since I can only eat something once or twice before I then associate it with feeling nauseous. He's reading and educating himself about pregnancy so he can understand everything that's going on. And he gives me pep talks whenever I need them, assuring me that it's ok if I have to take some breaks right now and I can still finish my dissertation, we're going to make it work, etc. Just can't really imagine how I would be getting through this otherwise.

jmcmoe · June 2014

I have major gagging problems this time lol so the other night when I was trying to make tacos, I couldn't handle the raw beef without gagging, so my husband (who like never cooks) cooked the meat for me

he is also willing to change most diapers on out DS, take the garbage out and pretty much any other gross things so I don't have more gagging fits then I already do in a day.

Stargirlb · June 2014

I really want a tesla model s and dh said he would 'do his best.' Way to my heart. Lol

jonesparty7 · June 2014

I love hearing good DH stories

Mine has been wonderful as well. Always wanting to get me anything I need, etc. Yesterday I ended up in the hospital for IV fluids and he was immediately on his way and there at my side the whole time. Poor guy was a crying mess because he was so worried. It's sweet to have someone care that much about you.

longcat07 · June 2014

well, SO is bad at taking the initiative (we're working on it), but any time i ask him to do something he does it without complaint. he's also been very good about jumping in to help me when i'm doing something involved (like the deep-clean i did in the living room last week). AND! he's started offering to feed the cats for me in the evening (he usually does it in the morning) because the smell of the cat food really gets to me. he did that all on his own, lol.

12chachacha · June 2014

He's been pretty great so far. He's picking up the slack at home, is sympathetic to my symptoms, and brings me food when I ask. Last night he cut up a watermelon because I wanted some, and then took care of me when I threw it all up later :-(.

Roxycc55 · June 2014

He runs out to get anything that may sound good to me every night. Which may end up happening twice in a night if my stomach changes. Or last night for example when I had him run out again for emergency constipation remedies. He also gives me a 20 minute back scratch every night in bed.

Christina_Diane · June 2014

My DH does 98% of the cooking. It's nice.

MrsMCBMar2014 · June 2014

I must say that since we saw our peanut and peanuts heartbeat on Monday, he's been more supportive and helpful. He's been making his own coffee (he knows how much I gag while making it) and doesn't ask me to clean up doggie doo in the back yard. If there is something that is gross looking and will probably make me gag, he takes care of it.

He's been so good. Granted, it's only been a few days since we saw peanut, but still....I'm going to soak it all in.

Plus, he's getting sex tonight...which he hasn't had in a while since I've been feeling so crummy.

BookitBoo · June 2014

DH has been making our meals and taking care of the nighttime routine. When he is home,We always do it together, so I feel sad that it's not the three of us in the bathroom being silly or reading books before bed time, but it feels so good to be able to lay still!

JosephsSweetie · June 2014

He's been watching our son during my "hell week" of tech and dress rehearsals and performances each evening from the moment he gets home from work until I come home after 11pm. While it's trade-off for his 4 day long Canada fishing trip, it's still nice that he does it without complaining.

tarynlphillips · June 2014

He is pretty spectacular. He gets up at 4:15am for work...works a ful day and then comes home and does EVERYTHING around the house. I am in school 4 nights a week, so I'm gone from 7:30am-9:30pm.

He comes home, does yard work, cleans the kitchen and bathrooms, has moved all of the furniture into the office so he can paint the nursery (when I pick a color)...makes dinner so I have something to eat if I get home hungry. We also just moved into our house a few months ago and he has replaced all of the hardwood floors, new baseboards, trim, painted the entire house...ALL after he's worked a full day. He never complains, ped-eggs my feet, runs out to get anything I'm craving...I could not be more blessed and thankful. He ran yesterday to Bath & Body works because we were almost out of our wallflower refills and picked me up my favorite lotion while he was there.

The last few times I've had cravings midday (shrimp spring rolls-the unfried ones, rice paper ones and then thai food the next time)...he's picked up what I was craving driven the 20 minutes to my work so that I would be able to eat it for dinner when I got to school. I am not making this up...he's incredible. Ok, brag complete.

erinmarie86 · June 2014

My hubby has been AMAZING! he has been so supportive. Before i got pregnant we ate really healthy and ran a few times a week. As soon as we found out, we stopped running and he started going on walks with me (while he still did his own run/work out at another time!). Also, i have not been wanting to eat veggies (just the thought makes me nauseous)...he has been kind an not pushing me to eat my veggies and has thrown in the towel on eating healthy in general since all i seem to like is cheese, carbs and fruit. He even made me mac n cheese one night! :-) yummy!

Lastly, we have a spider issue in our house. So last weekend he went and got safe spray and and stuff to seal our doors better. he "went to war with the spiders" it was too cute! But so happy they are gone!

And tonight...he is going to pick me up pizza and garlic twists from Round Table (even though he hates this place and it's a 20 min drive away)....i can't wait for dinner tonight and to get home to my guy!

CGOODPAS · June 2014

I have been rocking the all day nausea and haven't been sleeping well. DH has been rubbing me to sleep at night and indulging whatever off the wall cravings I get since I have been having issues with my appetite. He has also picked up all my slack around the house and doesn't complain that our only home cooked meals come from him or my mom bc I can't stomach the smell of cooking dinner. He is in other words amazing. Plus he takes my mood swings in stride without making me feel crazy or hormonal.

sydneygerten · June 2014

DH has been great! I was ready to have a baby right away but he wasn't quite there yet so when he was ready he surprised me on valentines day with these jars I wanted (for flour, sugar etc...) and inside each of them were little baby socks, a lovie blanket and a few other small baby items as a way of saying "i'm ready now!" we decided to start trying in april and to our surprise it happened right away (which we are extremely thankful for!) He has taken on pretty much all of the household chores which is just amazing as all I want to do is lay down and rest when I get home. He sets an alarm on his phone every night as a reminder for me to take my prenatal vitamins which is very unnecessary but very sweet. For my birthday when a few of my girlfriends asked him for gift ideas he came up with the cutest idea ever... he asked me what baby items i've been loving (I thought he just wanted an idea for himself to get something) so I told him I just love all the classic baby books and named a handful (such as love you forever, i love you this much, goodnight moon, the giving tree, corduroy, etc... ) and sure enough he texted all of our friends who were going out to celebrate with us- all of the book ideas so they each bought a few and now I have this big collection of all of my favorite kid books!

ImJessesGirl · June 2014

After two straight days of cheer camp with my cheerleaders, I came home and crawled onto the couch, exhausted. I asked DH if he would cut up some cantaloupe for me... and I added in there, "in little chunks, not slices?" And he did that for me. He normally cuts it in slices, and I can't stand that. So he cut it in chunks just for me! I thought that was sweet!

larahouseman · June 2014

DH was a complete angel last night. I went to take my progesterone pills and just putting them on my tongue made me gag so bad that I spit them out. I was way overtired and hormonal and had a little mini meltdown about how I couldn't take them. He came and sat with me and talked me through it. Then he got me some water and had me drink it so that I could see it wouldn't make me gag and brought me my pills so I could try again.

Typing it out it doesn't sound all that amazing, but I assure you it was!

jennyhatt · June 2014

My hubby is always really great about helping out with our daughter and chores but he really surprised me last week....i got an email confirmation for a booked manicure and pedicure the afternoon we arrive at a wedding he is in July 12 weekend. So while he is busy doing groomsmen stuff I will be getting pampered and then laying by the pool.

babyW15 · June 2014

This is our first child. Ever since he found out that I was pregnant he falls asleep with his hand on my belly, then he gives me and then my belly a kiss in the morning before leaving for work. He helps around the house and if I am having a bad day he tells me to just lay on the couch. He is good to me!

vicviy87 · June 2014

We are first timers as well. He washes the clothes, dishes, cleans the bathroom since I cannot take smells well. He defended me with my parents when they became upset with us for canceling our wedding and changing the plans. We work at the same company but on days where I am super exhausted, he stays longer to drive me home. So blessed to have him here.

GromMom · June 2014

Dh always washed the laundry even if I'm not pregnant. Since I've been sick he's been taking lo to do things at the park or in the back yard so I can lay down and even rubbed lotion on my legs when I was sick the other night because he was concerned I was getting dehydrated. He also Co sleeps with lo so I don't get stuck nursing all night and lets me sleep in. All this and he has a bad back so I know all of this is difficult for him.

NatureLovers · June 2014

My H is pretty awesome. I've been dealing with all day sickness. I'm not working, and spend most of the day, laying down sick. He comes home from work and cleans up, gets me medicine, and whatever I want to eat, all with a smile.

cclfc · June 2014

I'm so tired these days that I'm going to bed before the sun goes down. He climbs into bed with me even though he's not tired and just reads a book until his normal bedtime

alexis.arnone · June 2014

Hubs has always been super sweet and supportive of me but right now it's really all the little things adding up! He got up to get me a popsicle today 1 minute after asking me if I wanted something and I said no and then my belly decided I wanted a popsicle. He took our heavy suitcases upstairs for me so I could go through them. He cooks dinner at least 2 times a week with NO complaints and if I could he thanks me repeatedly and then cleans the dishes. He also lets me watch whatever I want on the tv.

Last night (or early this am) I woke up from a bad dream and he scratched my head (my favorite thing EVER!) until I fell asleep again. He also kisses me and my belly before work each day.

JEMondy · June 2014

My DH is interrupting his video games to make me mac n cheese. That's a big deal!!

longcat07 · June 2014

i have another. SO has been watching pride and prejudice with me (the A&E one with colin firth in it from like 20 years ago, it's like 5.5 hours long), completely without complaint. he claims he likes it. i'm not sure, but if he doesn't like it, he's faking it really well for me. LOL

edit: he's also been letting me sleep in a lot, without any judgement.

UberBiz · June 2014

I couldn't read through this yesterday because FI had been jerkier than usual, but this morning he brought me coffee in bed (FINALLY got a coffee maker, coffee, and filters!), and made pancakes for breakfast for everyone

MahriM23 · June 2014

DH works 2nd shift (sometimes he goes in at 12 and sometimes 5) since I've been so tired he lets me sleep in until whenever I feel like getting up while he takes care of our 3 kids. He also cooks dinner when he's home or grills up an early dinner on the days he goes in at 5.

ocbookworm · June 2014

I love this post! I have been feeling so supported by my hubby since we got pregnant. We did IVF and I got severe OHSS, which basically rendered me useless for about 3 weeks. He did everything for me and helped me feel as comfortable as possible during a really frustrating time. Then, after about a week of feeling better, I developed a blood clot in my neck (doc believes it's a super rare bi product of the OHSS). Since then, I have been in so much pain and haven't again, been able to do anything. My hubby has been so attentive, sensitive and happy to help out. It has been a very scary time and I am just so proud of us for coming together and making the best out of a series of unfortunate issues. It makes my heart happy to know how much I can depend on him in all of these extreme health issues, and I am hoping for a healthy pregnancy the rest of the time so he can have a night off!

bannaners · June 2014

My sweet husband has been doing so much. He work about 50 hours a week and when he gets home he helps me make dinner, talks to me all about my day, as well as calling me once or twice while at work to check on how I'm doing. The other day I had a rough morning and napped in the afternoon and I woke up to him bringing me flowers! And he does whatever I ask him without complaining. I love him so much!

BookitBoo · June 2014

DH got home late after a sucky day at work, told me to go Lay down and he did the night time routine. As soon as he finished laying DS down be came out and offered to go to Walmart to pick up the pickled okra that I've been craving this evening.

Yay, DH!

leeleesmomma15 · June 2014

Love reading all these......it's nice to hear about how well everyone is treated during such a special moment in life!!
My DH is pretty awesome too.....he has always helped with the house and DD..... but since I have been so exhausted with this pregnancy I havent had much energy to clean our room and I came home from work yesterday and he cleaned the whole house including dishes and our bedroom....and tonight he made dinner:) it was really nice to come home and not feel bad that I don't feel good enough to clean the house!!

Tapsalteerie · June 2014

Just the fact that he has had to take on the roles of single parent, caretaker to his wife, and housekeeper, in addition to his full time job, is what makes him incredible. I'm pretty much bedridden due to HG.

I know it is taxing on him, but he also knows how badly I want to feel better.

jaxx723 · June 2014

I love reading about these wonderful husbands! Honestly I don't know what I'd do without my husband helping me through this, he's my rock. These are just the ones I can think of, off the top of my head:

1. Makes me food whenever I need OR goes to get whatever I'm craving

2. Always makes sure I have a glass of ice water handy

3. Takes care of our two dogs almost exclusively at this point

4. Cleans, does dishes, laundry, etc. (He never did this stuff before I was pregnant)

5. Rubs my belly, listens to all my pregnancy venting without complaint

6. Most importantly, he tells me how attractive and beautiful I am every-single-day. Even if I feel bloated, or unattractive, he makes me feel beautiful and loved.

I'm a lucky gal!

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