WCW has a good point about him needing to take some time off too. Could you guys hire someone to come in once or twice while you're in this situation and clean for you--or maybe a group of friends could do it as a favor? I'm thinking of a book I read where the author had a newborn and a man from church showed up at her door one day with instructions from his wife to do whatever chores the author needed done. She asked him to clean the bathroom, and he did, and it was such a relief for her.

Also, around here (western WA), there are businesses that do prep work for dinners--you buy so many dinners, they do all the chopping, etc., and you assemble the dinners in containers. You end up with all these meals ready to go in the freezer. It is a major time/ effort saver. Is there something like that around you that you could get people to do for you?

I realize that it sounds like a lot of asking, but right now I think it's OK for both you and H to reach out for support. You're not going back to old habits, you're pregnant and grounded, and H is exhausting himself, and you're both stressed out. You two need to give yourselves a break however you can.


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