I think the only thing I did more was cleaning the cat litter? And I didn't do a very good job at that.
I've gotten better at doing chores in the past year or two, after Olive was born. Wish I could've been better at this when Mrs. Bee was pregnant with Olive, at least!
Did your SO take over any chores when you were pregnant?
honeydew / 7463 posts
Nope and nope 
I don't think he even believes me when I say I have constant morning sickness.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
Almost all of them. And yes, I am totally aware how lucky I am!!
coconut / 8475 posts
Many! Some weeks he did it all:/
I was VERY sick the first 13w and then recovering until 20w.
After that, he helped but wasn't as active about it as he was when I was sick.
Then, at the end, he did it all again because I was huge and uncomfortable, but by then (last 3 weeks), everything was done and house was organized and sparkly clean. Nursery and baby clothing was all ready to go.
bananas / 9118 posts
He took over pretty much everything, I sat on the couch and gestated and slept. I hope this time around that I will be more on top of things!
persimmon / 1223 posts
Dishes! I was so nauseous all the time that looking at food residue and and smelling sink smells would make me gag. Somehow he has continued to do them...
nectarine / 2063 posts
Litter box & he HATES IT! He refuses to scoop it so he just dumps it out and puts a bunch of fresh littler in once a week. I don't much care for his way of doing it but whatever at least its getting done...
ETA: I wish he would help cook more often. He cooks about twice a month and the rest of the time he will buy fast food instead of cooking. I want a home cooked meal now and again. Then again he is working 65-70hrs/wk.
persimmon / 1081 posts
Cat litter and laundry during the first trimester. I've taken back laundry bc he's not good at it.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
It's not that he took over any one chore entirely, but he does a lot more of them more often, especially if I'm not feeling well. He cooks slightly more than he used to but definitely cleans a lot more. I make sure to tell him how much I appreciate it!
pear / 1823 posts
He definitely helped with the dishes. I also had the problem where food residue and smells would make me throw up.
coconut / 8483 posts
He's been more helpful! I'm not sick or anything yet, just tired.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
The cat litter, and then anything else I asked him to do nicely.
pomegranate / 3768 posts
He cleaned the bathroom once or twice...then we hired a house cleaner.
squash / 13764 posts
He didn't take over anything, but he did things when I asked (but he did that before I got pregnant too...). I guess maybe wiping up the kitchen floor? He got mad at me when I would do it, so he did it a few times
pomelo / 5321 posts
DH has been helping a lot more this time around and I am so grateful! We usually clean the bathrooms together but he's been doing them alone a lot in the last few months. He's been helping a lot with DS too!
pomelo / 5178 posts
My husband did almost everything the first pregnancy and the majority of household and childcare the second time around. I had hypermesis gravidarum, so I needed a lot of help just getting up and to work in the mornings; I didn't have a lot left over for cleaning/cooking/chores.
pomegranate / 3160 posts
He's always been pretty good about helping out with house stuff. He won't let me touch the lawnmower or anything like that though...which I don't put up too much of a fight over! 
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
He did everything! The biggest help was he started giving N baths every night and putting her to bed while I rested.
apricot / 346 posts
DH always had the house clean, well at least the downstairs, (I don't mind laundry and picking up the bedrooms) every day when I came home from work. He always handled our toddler when we were out in public, and he still does all of these. He's a big help. 
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
A lot! He did all the laundry (washing clothes, I still folded and put away) vacuuming, unloading the dishwasher and emptying the litter box.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Nothing changed for us, we continued with the chores we had before...for him it was mainly dusting inside.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
He still does his normal routine...but the good man hired a house cleaner when I was 7 weeks pregnant and exhausted. I LOVE her and as a result I love him for bringing her into my life
pomegranate / 3604 posts
Cat litter, but he left it for a really long time.
First trimester he did the lions share of dishes/cooking/laundry while I worked 2 full time jobs and dealt with exhaustion & nausea.
honeydew / 7811 posts
@mrbee: Yep, the kitty litter. And he picked up more slack in general both in the first trimester when I was exhausted and in the third when I was huge and immobile
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
He took over bathrooms, he didn't want me accidently breathing in the cleaner (I'm love bleach in the bathrooms.) toward the end he also helped scrub floors since I like to do a deep hands and knees clean every couple weeks.
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