Anyone else dealing with an unsupportive partner?

Question

I have the least supportive husband. Complains about every pregnancy symptom, and refuses to help / be there for me. Causes additional anxiety, screams and emotional abuses. What to do?

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If this is your first, don’t have anymore with him . Get your acts together and leave. If he is mean now, it will be worse when baby starts crying. And postpartum is harder hence you need more support. You don’t want to deal with PPD because of him.

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Well i sure as hell wouldnt stay with him so he can scream and abuse my baby.

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I have a 4.5 year old little girl with my ex. He was supportive at first, after awhile he was not supportive at all. He was controlling in a way and I dealt with postpartum and he didn’t want to help me cope with it and was very unsupportive and broke up with me after that( it took years) but he complained about everything in that time period if 2 years. Don’t deal with that! It shows how they are going to be after baby is born.

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Was he like this pre pregnancy?

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I would leave... If there's abuse and screams.

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I'm sorry your husband isn't supportive to you or your growing child. If you feel he's adding stress and anxiety to an already anxious time in your life and by no means seeing a light at the end of this tunnel, I would make a plan of action to leave. You're definitely going to end up getting PPD because of the lack of support and stress of having a newborn, and then the stress and emotional abuse will affect not just YOU anymore but also your child. 
Unless he's willing to go to therapy to understand how hard it is to be pregnant, with or without support, he's never going to change. He isn't going to be helpful with a newborn, and he certainly isn't going to make you feel good postpartum when you need the most help and support. He will get worse with time because it's only going to be more stressful as you welcome your child into the home. 
You have to be selfish in the decision to leave right now but in the long run, you're looking out for yourself and your child's mental and physical safety.

Anyone else dealing with an unsupportive partner?

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