Do you feel supported by your significant other when it comes to healing postpartum and taking care of your little one(s)?

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Postpartum has always been when my spouse was the most helpful 😂

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Absolutely. He's usually kind of a slob, and really not much for doing chores but I was impressed at the way he stepped up. He didn't have paternity leave, and was working full time, with a weekend part-time gig, plus going to school full time and he'd still tidy up in the mornings, bring take-out or something from his mom's house on his lunch break, and he'd come home at night and make dinner/do dishes/sweep/mop/handle laundry and spend a little time with me and baby before crashing. Granted, he didn't spend a whole lot of time with our daughter, and the late night feedings/temperature checks/diaper changes were all me, but considering all the effort he put in and the sheer exhaustion he must've been feeling, I can't say that I have any cause to complain. He made my job so much easier.

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Yep, my husband does a lot and now I am also able to go to physical therapy twice a week for pelvic floor and my abs (decided on about 6 weeks of appointments to get me back on track safely)

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My LO was in the nicu and my SO got called out of state for work for 8 weeks when he was 5 days old.  I wanted him to take paternity leave but they warned him that if he didn’t take the job, there wouldn’t be much work for him over the winter.  So no, I had no support at all.  He’s been off due to covid though so it’s been (mostly) great having him around helping out.

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Absolutely!

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I had a rough long labor turned emergency csection to baby in NICU. THE FIRST MONTH AFTER MY HUBBY was Superman. So amazing and helpful. It’s toned down a lot in this last month. He still makes most dinners. He is working full time and I am part time. I do a lot more with baby now but I am EBF.

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Honestly, not really. But it wasn't his fault much either. He didn't receive any kind of paternity leave or days off when my kids were born. And he works 14 hour night shifts, so he has to sleep during the day. So he couldn't help with night feedings because he was at work. And he couldn't help during the day because he had to sleep. His job is very dangerous and if he stayed up to help, he could very well make a mistake in his drowsiness that could get himself or a coworker killed.

Do you feel supported by your significant other when it comes to healing postpartum and taking care of your little one(s)?

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