This is what makes my husband so great

Dec 6th, 2005 by Accidental Thinker

When I was pregnant with my oldest, it was an uncomfortable pregnancy, to say the least. I particularly struggled with severe back pain. By the last trimester I could barely drive. I only drove to work and back, and even then, it was often a tearful proposition to get through the long commute. I’m sure I thoroughly amused many a fellow commuter with my acrobatic antics as I stretched and twisted and contorted, trying to apply counterpressure to my back to relieve the pain, usually unsuccessfully. Kent did all the other driving, which meant we were joined at the hip whenever I wanted to leave the house for the least little errand. I liked it that way (I still do).

Sleeping became pretty much a thing of the past, too. Lying in bed was just too painful. By about the 7th month, the only place I could get even a little comfortable (comfort being a relative term) to sleep was on the couch in the living room, and it became my permanent bunk for the remainder of the pregnancy.

Here’s where I get to tell you how amazingly awesome my husband is. Every night for those last two months, he slept out there in the living room with me, so I wouldn’t have to be alone. But wait, there’s more. Kent is tall; I’m not. Since I was hogging the longer couch, he squished and scrunched and folded all six feet and one inch of himself onto the considerably shorter loveseat. Every. Single. Night. I don’t know how he ever got a wink of sleep. I offered more than once to try trading, but he wouldn’t hear of it. This is just one of the many things that makes my husband so great. He’s totally selfless. And he’d do ANYTHING for his family.

I think I got a keeper.

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13 Responses to “This is what makes my husband so great”

on 06 Dec 2005 at 10:51 pm1Muzik

I’m such a moron.
on 07 Dec 2005 at 8:09 am2Mike (exscientia)

“…. now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh ….”
on 07 Dec 2005 at 8:09 am3Fred

I’ll say he’s a keeper. Nice job, hubby!
on 07 Dec 2005 at 8:22 am4jona

Crikey he is good!

I took to sleeping on the couch AFTER my last c-section (my third & more painful than the others) but I didn’t want my BH with me – after all, if he stayed in the bedroom it meant the baby would wake him first ;o)
on 07 Dec 2005 at 8:51 am5Karen

I’d say you do have a keeper, what a wonderful man 🙂 I’m sure thinks you’re a keeper too.

Have a great day!
on 07 Dec 2005 at 12:55 pm6Lois Lane

Sounds like a keeper to me too. 🙂
Lois Lane
on 07 Dec 2005 at 2:14 pm7Paul N.

Yep.
on 07 Dec 2005 at 6:26 pm8tanlucypez

Now, that’s a sweet guy!
on 08 Dec 2005 at 8:41 am9Penny

What a guy! I’d vote to keep him!
on 08 Dec 2005 at 9:42 am10Jolynn

Oh my God!!! That is so sweet. You did luck out! I here women who slept in separate beds than their husbands during the last months of their pregnancies and I think I would hate that. He’s a good boy, that’s exactly how it should be.
on 08 Dec 2005 at 5:15 pm11FTS

Yep, I’d say you got yourself a winner. But then, he does, too. 🙂
on 09 Dec 2005 at 10:40 am12TSB

WHen I was pregnant with my twins, by the 6th month I could only sleep in rocking chair in my living room, my ex did the same thing, he slept next to me on the couch 🙂
on 10 Dec 2005 at 12:33 am13Jamie Dawn

That’s a keeper for sure. When you know he’d do anything for you, you can be secure in the fact that he cherishes you above all others. That’s the way it should be.