I was a single mother to my daughter and I was completely alone my entire pregnancy. During that time I was so so sick to the point I had to quite my job. I guess I imagined up my idea of a perfect pregnancy during that time to cope. And that fantasy included a man by my side who had so much empathy and understanding. He helped me through emotions and let me cry about stupid things.

I am now pregnant with my second, and not alone this time. Which is a huge blessing. I am so thankful for him and what he does. But I don’t understand his lack of empathy for me? It’s almost like he is just clueless and doesn’t know how to help me. Some days he’s so patient and then other days I feel like he’s frustrated that I’m ready to go to bed at 8pm.

How can I help him more? How can I be more understanding? Am I the only one with this problem? I love him more than anything, but I feel completely beside myself.