Having a new baby is exhausting even in ideal circumstances, but when your husband isn’t being supportive, it can feel impossible.

This new mom is not getting any help from her husband, and he is even trying to make her do extra things that she shouldn’t be, so she is thinking about divorce.

The mom in this story is at the end of her rope and doesn’t know what to do, so she is looking for advice and wonders if divorce is really the right answer.

Check out the details and decide for yourself.

AITAH for wanting to divorce my husband for not helping me out

So my husband and I have been together for 7 years, 4 we are married.

I gave birth to our son 1 year ago.

While I was pregnant he was saying how he can’t wait to be dad, how he will do anything that the baby and I need.

During pregnancy he was okay, he had bit hard time understanding what I was going thru (difficult risky pregnancy) but I was thinking that he’s a guy he will never know how this feels.

Dad really needs to step up for his baby and his wife.

Then the baby was born, again difficult birth that resulted in having c section because the baby’s heartbeat started to go low.

I was scared to death.

I came home. The recovery was slow and painful.

Few days passed and his family was coming to visit and he expected me to do all the greeting, giving them drinks and so on.

I tried to explain to him that I’m in so much pain I can’t sit for more then 10 min, so how was I suppose to do that.

He would reply “my mother never said anything and she gave birth to 4 kids.”

That made my eyes go dark. I stayed silent.

He helped me with the baby maybe the first month, I guess while it was interesting.

Then he got back to his old ways, gaming, going out all night then sleeping all day.

Being a parent is exhausting, even with a supportive husband.

I stayed silent for long time, I tried to focus on the baby, trying to be the best mom possible.

But I’m tired. I’m so tired.

I never have 5min alone, maybe only when I’m showering, I didn’t see my friends or family in months.

I don’t go out, not even to the grocery store alone, I always have to bring the baby.

It’s exhausting.

I tried talking, multiple times, crying my soul out, he doesn’t see anything wrong, he says that that’s how it is, baby only needs mother, he’s not important now, I’m the one who always have to be here and do everything because I’m the wife and mother.

And his family supports him.

She needs to get outside, even with the baby.

I’m about to lose my mind, I lost milk months ago because of the stress, I’ve shut myself out of life, I don’t talk to anyone.

I don’t go anywhere, I’m so tired, so lonely, feeling terrible when I’m supposed to be the happiest.

I’m thinking about the divorce for a long time, but I don’t want my child to think he’s from broken home.

What do I do. Thank you all for reading.

Would I be wrong for divorcing?

WIBTAH?

Dad needs to step up, and mom needs to get help for what sounds like postpartum depression.

Read on to see what the people in the comments have to say about it.

Sadly, her home is already broken.

This person has some great advice.

Yes, be careful who you have children with.

Yes, she needs to get some help.

This commenter says there is more than one type of broken home.

Marriage can be hard, and parenting is difficult too.

When you are struggling with both, something has to change.

This new dad needs to step up or get out.

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