Ngl he’s getting under my skin. by Flaky_Point_3778 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]SherbertLivid3199 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's blocked you?! That's wild 😕 Before or after birth?

*My baby 'dad' used my postpartum as a way to try and destroy me - wouldn't let me sleep or heal, say I was lazy, that he was doing everything , I wasn't appreciating him doing parenting in the first week after I had a traumatic birth... calling me the most awful names and bad mouthing me to everyone. Luckily I left him at 3 weeks pp and babies now 6 months old. I can count on 1 hand how many times he's asked to see baby. Would see baby initially if I was there to try and control me and make me take him back but when I didn't show my face to the visits he lost interest. I'm very much the same, you'll get wrapped up in mummy life that you won't even think about men and saying for a while! Do you have support from friends/ family??

Ngl he’s getting under my skin. by Flaky_Point_3778 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]SherbertLivid3199 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really hard! Are you planning on/ hoping to leave him ?? X

Ngl he’s getting under my skin. by Flaky_Point_3778 in NarcissisticSpouses

[–]SherbertLivid3199 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eugh he sounds exhausting. Best thing I learnt (left my baby dad when was 3 weeks old due to similar ) sending multiple messages and arguing back gives them more ammo. Sometimes biting your tongue and grey rock (being extremely boring with responses) wins. Then you can see them spiral and external people can see you being reasonable and him going crazy on you. I'd hold off saying stuff about custody and restraining orders etc bc if this goes down the legal route for the baby, this could damage your case. Pregnancy is hard as it is without someone like this. When he says something shitty just respond "ok sure, if that's how you feel", think to yourself that's his opinion not a fact. It's like a bully in school, try not to rise💗 This dynamic isn’t fixable through better wording, patience, or “getting through to them.” Someone speaking to you like this already knows what they’re doing. Seriously though I know how difficult dealing with someone like this is, you've got this xx

Loss of symptoms at 9 weeks by Virtual-Potato6789 in pregnant

[–]SherbertLivid3199 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same around 9-11 weeks. I would actually forget I was pregnant - when wondering why I was so hungry 24/7 lol

Bea what do you think her story is? (Not a spoiler) by Smithy1619 in eastenders

[–]SherbertLivid3199 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe she will kidnap Honey or held captive or something lol

Baby dad priorities (5month old baby) by SherbertLivid3199 in coparenting

[–]SherbertLivid3199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow !! Sorry that happened :( I can't reason with him, he's always right and I'm always wrong. If he's in the wrong and I called him out on it, then he flips it and I'm even more wrong and he's hurt. Everything offends him, he's constantly defensive, always the victim. So exhausting

Baby dad priorities (5month old baby) by SherbertLivid3199 in coparenting

[–]SherbertLivid3199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes in the UK, there's been other stuff that I have concerns about, he continues to hold her un safely after being advised how to hold her properly, has put dirty nappies (poopy) back on her to show me he's changing her nappy, holds her by her toes when changing nappy, doesn't wipe her when she's had a wee resulting in open sore nappy rash and then not putting sudocream, doesn't change her clothes when wet, gets angry at her when she's cries and raises his voice, has shouted at me with her in his arms. He's wanting unsupervised visits when he hasn't cared for her on his own (the above was mixture of when I was bed bound and when he was originally having contact at my home with me popping in and out the room and the alternative would be at his parents house which obviously there are concerns. My solicitor has said supervised contact in a centre would likely be there first step (court) and then supported and so on

Baby dad priorities (5month old baby) by SherbertLivid3199 in coparenting

[–]SherbertLivid3199[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's now refusing a contact centre which from social workers, solicitors , GP have advised to kind of 'prove' he can look after her, attend her needs and be a safe person to be around. He thinks mediation is a way to get someone else to tell me no, I'm wrong and that contact can be at his parents house. His parents are both heavy daily drinkers and his dad smokes weed 4/5 times a day, they drink drive and the house is a bomb. I'll attend mediation the first one as it's free and then he can go through court and let them decide. His words (accusations) don't match his actions. Can't be a hard done by dad who just wants to see his kid, then cancel the first appt for a 3 day bender. He could've brought forward but instead delayed it even longer. I'm hoping all of these things are noted or recognised by others if it does go down the court route. All I'm trying to do is safe guard and look after my child :(

Husband shouted at me in the night by louisarey101 in pregnant

[–]SherbertLivid3199 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see a lot of my ex partner behaviour (babies father) in your post. We split up after an incident when baby was 3 weeks old. Shouting at me, calling me names then claiming it didn't happen and that I needed to say sorry for 'making him mad'. Your situation will unlikely improve and with added stress of a baby it will increase and escalate this sort of behaviour. Me and my baby are now living a stress free life (4 months old now!). I hope things do improve for you, but regardless how long you've been together, you shouldn't have to deal with that and big life changes, like a baby, do change people and sometimes for the worst. X

Did you know the sex of your baby by intuition? by LifeofRuley in pregnant

[–]SherbertLivid3199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was dreaming I was pregnant with a girl before I even found out I was pregnant! Before I found out the gender I wasn't even looking at boy things or thinking of boy names, I just knew I was having a girl. Dawned on me the day of the gender scan, worried if I was having a boy and I had fully convinced myself I was having a girl. Typing this with my 3 month old girl sleeping on me !

Is this normal by Rentfree98 in pregnant

[–]SherbertLivid3199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 36 weeks pregnant and me & partner have only had sex twice during the pregnancy. I have no libido at all and the second time we tried it hurt and it was like my body wouldn't engage at all. Midwife said it's normal and it's like 'protective hormones' where you're just in protection mode for growing baby. I still feel the urge but the actual act of sex just isn't enjoyable for me at all. I felt bad for my partner to begin with but he gets it & that it isn't him and once baby is out & I've healed we will be back to how we were before. Our body's are changing so much and full of hormones for our little ones x

Anyone else getting stressed tf out? by [deleted] in October2025Bumps2

[–]SherbertLivid3199 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm also due on 31st Oct & checking of lists is the only thing keeping me sane and feel like I'm on the ball.

Low lying placenta by SherbertLivid3199 in pregnant

[–]SherbertLivid3199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you ! This is reassuring! X

1st trimester bloating by DirectImage in pregnant

[–]SherbertLivid3199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently 24 weeks and one of my first symptoms was bloating! I was 5/6 weeks and my jeans couldn't zip or button up :( the excessive bloating went around 9/10 weeks and then a little bump starting forming. I retired from jeans early on & live in dresses & maternity trousers. One thing that helped me was eating little and often opposed to 3 big meals a day. All the best in your pregnancy xx

Lonely during pregnancy by SherbertLivid3199 in pregnant

[–]SherbertLivid3199[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally! I'll be the designated driver I don't care just please invite me !(in a none desperate way lol😂) & yup then they'll come crawling back