Feeling resentful and guilty

My partner and I have been together for about four years. We are having our first baby in July, im currently six months pregnant, and although I’m so excited and thrilled, I’m also really resentful for the loss of the relationship we used to have. I would even say I’m full of grief at this point.. crying every night and day. Thinking about it all the time and having a hard time appreciating and loving this stage of my pregnancy journey. Even before finding out about the baby, I felt he was losing interest in being intimate and having sex, which for me is hard because it was a huge part of our connection for the first few years. Now, he would rather look at porn, and although minimally, it still really has affected my self esteem. I’m really struggling here, feeling resentful towards my growing belly, feeling hurt that I’ll never be looked at again as anything other than a mother, and then feeling incredibly guilty that my son has to have a mother who thinks this way. It’s feeling like an endless cycle that is getting really hard to get out of. I’m also terrified at what my body will look like and how my mental health will be after pregnancy. My husband works three weeks on and three weeks off, so our time together feels very limited, and even still he isn’t interested in sex with me . And yes, I have talked to him about this. He is kind and loving and swears he wants to make it better and work on things - but then there’s no action towards it. I’ve made a promise to myself that for the next six months I won’t even ask for sex due to not being able to take the feeling of rejection anymore, but the truth is, I don’t think he’ll even bother wanting it by then. I understand this seems incredibly shallow and not important, but to me it is. Has anyone experienced this and what have you done? Thanks.
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Yes omg I’ve experienced the same exact thing so this is my first ever baby and I was definitely scared because I didn’t wanna lose the relationship that me and my boyfriend had and when I found out that I was pregnant I was scared because I knew that things were going to change and I actually found out that my boyfriend was cheating on me like watching like porn and stuff like that and it like really broke me and ever since I had my child things have been different we barely have sex anymore I feel very insecure and I always have to know. See where he’s going. What he’s doing check his phone and it’s like I don’t wanna feel that way you know. Our relationship isn’t the way that it was in the beginning. I get really angry because like I just want to spend time with him, but I can’t because I have to bring my daughter with me everywhere we go I wish it would go back to normal you know no kids just us, but I’m very grateful for my daughter

I’m sorry you’re going through that as well. It’s been such a challenge so I know exactly how you feel ♥️

… ; - ; Yeah… me to. I’m 39 weeks and some change rn, everything you said is so relatable only difference for me is I’m the one with 0 sex drive but it’s because I know (and he’s even told me) that if I say no for more than a week or two then he just watches porn in our bathroom/while in the shower and it pisses me off.

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