I had been doing through a rough time, I had a baby beginning of 2025 and since I went back to work I’ve not been feeling the best. My job is a high stress job and I was definitely feeling it when returning. I was managing until the end of 2025 where I just started having breakdowns and just couldn’t handle the stress of working full time, moving to a new city and being a full time mom. I went to the doctor early January and found out I was pregnant, first trimester, and was prescribed anxiety meds, that I’m not sure I’ll take yet.
Throughout this whole time my husband has been great. He was trying his best to comfort me and even suggested I leave my job so that I can just focus on being a mom and have a healthy pregnancy. At the time the thought of quitting my job also stressed me because 1. I’ve always had a job since I could, 2. I have bills to pay and don’t like the idea of having everything rest on his shoulders financially and 3. I worry about finding another job once I am ready to get back out there. He didn’t seem to understand this and thought I was overthinking everything. After a final breakdown I did decide to take his advice and leave my job. I’m finishing out my two weeks.
I’ve been feeling a bit better about everything since then but I still sometimes feel overly anxious about stuff and it affects my appetite and because I’m pregnant I need to eat. When I tell him how I feel he gets frustrated and says that I’m being ungrateful. I’m really trying not to be. He told me it sometimes feels like I act like a child, which hurt my feelings a bit and I told him so. I’m not big on confrontation so I kinda just dropped it after that.
This morning he told me he’s frustrated and not feeling happy and it’s because of all the stuff I mentioned above. Now I just feel awful and want to make things better. How can I make things better in our relationship? I just want us to be happy again I don’t want my stress and anxiety to hinder that. Any tips or advice of things I can do to make the things better ?
Thank you for any advice given.