DH really stepped up his game after I got pregnant. Not sure if it was the hyperemesis I had or if he is just really excited about being pregnant and wants to do his part.
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Same! DH never complains when I'm just a useless lump! lol He cooks on the weekends and I'm supposed to do the dishes, but half the time he'll end up doing them too.
He does say that I've been a fairly easy pregnant wife to deal with, whatever that means! I guess my mood has def. improved since getting pregnant, and I don't complain tooooo much, I haven't had any outbursts, or crazy requests. (Yet! lol)
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Yay! DH always took pretty good care of me, but he def took up a lot of the cleaning duties (he cooks, I clean usually) throughout the pregnancy and even now! He went to all the classes with me and even suffered through registering at the store!
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1st- yes
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Very helpful! But also very strict, so sometimes I wished he'd care a bit less
He made me eat healthy food when I had really bad veggie aversion, and never let me skip prenatals. Which he would NOT taste to see just how gross they are! To be fair, he did grind them up and hide them in yogurt with chocolate chips 
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He has always been good, but has become a bit more helpful, which is great!
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1st time - very helpful and loving
this time - not so much.
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I was sooo exhausted. He basically did everything around the house and for the dog when I got pregnant. Then our MFM really freaked him out that I shouldn't be doing ANYTHING so he took up all the cooking, too. He's pretty awesome.
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DH is wonderful! I am so grateful for him. It's been a rough pregnancy and he does tons of research and lots of grocery shopping for things to help me feel better. He also does most of the cleaning.
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1st time - yes, he even pumped my gas for me hahaha. That's definitely not happening this time around.
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@BandDmommy: @NurseDMB: What is with these dh's not being so helpful the second time around?!??
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DH was pretty helpful when I was preggo the 1st time. 2nd time, he got mad at me and verbalized I was a lazy bum bum for lounging all the dang time at home. I was like uh... I'm pregnant!!! what do you expect?! Made me so, so, so mad!!!!!
That shut him up real fast and made him think twice.
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He's been so wonderful and attentive.
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He was absolutely wonderful. I couldn't imagine a better husband.
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Yes, my husband has really gone above and beyond for me. I keep telling him how much I appreciate him and he tells me im the one doing the hard work growing his baby. I never thought he would be a jerk or anything, but he just amazes me everyday.
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He has been wonderful with every one of my pregnancies. With the first two losses, he held my hand the entire time and put up with my horrible hormonal mood swings and crying fits. With LO #1, he would have dinner waiting for me when I got home (and the poor guy didn't realize how nauseous cooked broccoli made me feel). He really helped out with chores around the house.
With the subsequent losses, he was just as awesome as he was with the first few. Now that I'm pregnant again, he's amazing at taking LO and letting me rest...especially in the first trimester when I was super sick. DH is seriously a rock star.
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No change! I had an easy pregnancy, though, so there wasn't much he needed to step up in.
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He was actually way better the second time. First time he had a very stressful job and worked insane hours so I never even saw much of him. With the second he had moved to a much better job and also he knows full well our toddler is a handful. So yes, he helped a lot! And he continues to be great during the postpartum period.
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First one, absolutely. This time not so much. And now is when I need it!
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Yes. But i also ask for help when i need it and don't expect him to read my mind. What kind of jerk husband says "no"?
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He's always been insanely helpful (he is super motivated, a clean freak, hates sitting still) when it comes to housework, but I didn't know a big difference until the kids actually came. He works a ton, but when he's home, he's super dad. He does pretty much all our laundry and all of the dishes.
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Pretty much the same...but, he was already pretty helpful to begin! Plus, I had a really easy pregnancy, I felt awesome the entire time, so there really wasn't anything extra I needed help with.
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Yep, both times. In different ways. First time he was overly cautious and attentive to every little thing. This time, he has longer hours/commute with his job now but still comes home and takes over 100% so that I can rest and get my me-time, etc. He's not as overly worried about things I eat or do, etc. since it's our second time around. But, he's helpful with the new things (ie taking care of DS) that I need more of this time!
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My recent pregnancy was a bit of a surprise (we'd been NTNP for 3 years, I said I was done, he really wasn't, we agreed to keep thinking about it, boom) - and most of my reservations were that I didn't want the hassle of being pregnant and tired again. So my husband really, really stepped up. It's been awesome. He's also really thrown himself into this new cycling team he's just joined, and he's tried really hard to make sure that it doesn't impact me too much. So yeah, it's been great.
He made me eat healthy food when I had really bad veggie aversion, and never let me skip prenatals. Which he would NOT taste to see just how gross they are! To be fair, he did grind them up and hide them in yogurt with chocolate chips 
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