“He fought every demon the depths of my mind could conjure, all while spoiling the hell out of me.”

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"The highlight of his time as the world's most pregnant man was during my 14-hour labor. He complained so much about how tired he was that the nurse told him to take a nap and she'd wake him up when it was time to push, so we'd all get some peace. When he wasn't doing the above BS, he was constantly begging to see my boobs. We're divorced, and I've been sterilized, so I couldn't be happier!"

"Even when I vomited multiple times in our car, he would send me to shower and clean up the mess himself. Anything I wanted to eat at any time of the day? He would get it for me. I’ve never had someone baby me this much, and I'm so happy."

"When the baby was born, it got even worse. It was like the baby didn't exist to him. While all I wanted was to look at her every second of the day, he just wanted to be as far away as possible, distracting himself with every trivial activity that he could find. He got a three-month paternity leave, and that only made things worse. His detachment became even more obvious than if he'd been working his regular 9-to-5.

If I were to rate the worst periods of my life and biggest disappointments, this would be at the top. I loved being pregnant and becoming a mom, but I would never get pregnant again while I'm still with him."

"I am finally able and ready to leave him, and when I mention this extremely painful season of our lives, he hardly apologizes, just gives me all the reasons why it was okay for him to act that way. But he is sad and surprised, and says I'm wrong for wanting to leave."

"When the baby would have dance parties on my bladder at 11 p.m., he would play the Moana soundtrack for her until she calmed down. When I got really bad carpal tunnel towards the end, he would draw me baths (being underwater helped) and give me hand and arm massages for hours. Being pregnant didn't change our relationship much at all. He was still the caring, loving, compassionate, and empathetic man I fell in love with."

"He also became closer to his coworker and denied any weird feelings, despite the fact that she cried when she found out we were pregnant. He tried to hide me from her throughout my pregnancy, didn’t announce our engagement, and often talked about how great she was. Later, he admitted he was in love with her. Not much of a shock there. I believe he tried to get with her after we broke up, but she avoided speaking to him."

"I decided that I cared more about him being an active father than him showing excitement during pregnancy anyway. When my second pregnancy went pretty much the same way, it didn't bother me nearly as much because I knew it was just incredibly hard for him to feel excited before the baby arrived."

"From the time she was born until I left him when she was 16 months, he never bathed her or put her to bed, and he’d fed her maybe five times. He wasn’t really around for a while, but I think he finally realized what he was doing when she was a preschooler, and now he’s a great dad. He’s since remarried and has apologized for not taking care of her when she was a baby, but I don’t think he’s ever realized how badly he treated me when I was pregnant."

"Since giving birth, he has changed even more. He's much more prone to crying now when something touches his heart. He never used to cry unless something deeply hurt him. Now, he cries just talking about our daughter. He's more sentimental and somehow even more caring. He looks at her like she's the stars in the sky and I'm the moon (though, he's honestly always looked at me like that). I'm so blessed to be able to have him as my husband and as the father to our baby girl."

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