having a baby will make a couple or break a couple!!!
2006-12-02 07:48:24
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answered by A Proud Marine's Daughter 3
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I am male but I believe this situation is 50-50 such that it may make or break a relationship. While some relationships are bonded together with the birth of the child, others are broken apart. All that matters is what the husband looks for in a woman and vice versa.
2006-12-02 16:05:04
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answered by James K 2
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We became closer in some ways and more distant in other ways. It's important to talk to each other and to make time to be alone, even if it's for a short while--like maybe dinner.
One thing to understand is that everyone will be tired as heck. In the first few weeks while I was still home with our baby, my husband would come home tired from work, and I would be tired and going crazy froom being alone with the baby all day. So each of us was feeling like the other had had the easier day....
There will be times when you don;t feel like sex, because you're exhausted. That will pass. Having good contraception after your baby is born is smart, because youcan have spontaneious sex while the kid's asleep. Grab it while you can!
One piece of advice I wish someone had given me would be to find a friend to hang out with during the daytime while you're home with your baby. When I had mine, all my friends were working and most did not have kids. If I'd had some company, either someone else with a baby or someone who likes being around babies, I'd have felt alot more connected.
Good luck!
2006-12-02 15:57:56
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answered by Ms. Switch 5
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Speaking for myself, I did not have time for much of anything. There were days I was lucky to get a shower, or even a decent meal. My house was a wreck for a few months. But making time for your husband will assure a happy hubby, and therefore, a happy child and family unit. This means you will sometimes have to let chores go, or give up a little sleep. In the long run, you won't regret it.
2006-12-02 16:53:44
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answered by Gator 2
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of course you do have time for your husband , but you haved to make time, like 3 months after my baby was born, Me and husband went out for a night on the town just the two of us, my parents babysat, and it was soo great , We started to go to nightclubs at 7 at night and did not come home till 5 am in the morning, We talked about the baby and we had a long talk about being parents for the first time, We celebrated and had a ball, And we made it known in pen and paper that we will do that once a month, just to get out , just to get to know one another
2006-12-02 15:57:01
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answered by trudycaulfield 5
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Assuming it's your first baby, it will drive you apart for the first 6 months. The woman is totally engulfed with it, but it's to small for the man to be able to do anything with it. After about 6 months, two things happen : 1. The man finally gets upset enough and says something to the wife about the lack of attention and 2. the baby starts getting big enough so the man can become more involved with it - either way things start getting back to normal.
2006-12-02 15:59:47
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answered by skeeter3843 1
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Of course. I have two children, my youngest is 8.5mo and only started sleeping through the night as of last week. We work almost opposite shifts and STILL we manage to spend time together... even if it means I get up in the middle of the night when he gets home.
It's very important to make that time. Call relatives to babysit.. if you have no relatives ask friends and neighbors for references and at a last resort check the childcare section of your local newspaper or craigslist.com.
I'm getting off work in a bit and my kids are at grandma's! It's date night!
2006-12-02 15:49:12
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answered by iampatsajak 7
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You have to make a special effort to make time for your husband and also involve him in taking care of the baby.
2006-12-02 15:54:13
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answered by Texas T 6
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if your husband will help, you don't grow apart, if he's a lazy jerk and makes you do all the work with the baby, you will. of course, if your husband is like that, you probably shouldn't have had a kids with him.
2006-12-02 16:04:17
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answered by Donna L 3
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