Early pregnancy life
Asalaamu alaykum I pray you're all in the best of health and Iman Insha Allah. This is kind of a rant/seeking advice post so I'll just go ahead.
First of all alhamdulillah I appreciate everything I have in life, alhamdulillah I have a good business, I have a nice home, good family, and I have a wife whom I love very much allahuma barik. She's pregnant alhamdulillah, she's been pregnant now for 9 weeks and whilst it's exciting at the same time it's a bit off putting. Let me explain.
First of all her personality has completely changed. I understand it's because of hormones etc but I find myself holding her whilst she's talking about deleting herself, she wants to weirdest of foods to eat and craves for stuff which I hate, but she wants me to eat it too, and I say no then her entire mood is off. I find her also being nauseous at almost anything. Literally the tiniest smell can trigger her and all of a sudden she's belching and that's it all or any activities even something as small as watching something just ends. If someone just mentions something like boogiy, that's it the nausea starts. Her moods off and she goes to bed. I dunno, it's annoying because you make plans and then they all go down the drain, I know I have to be patient but it is difficult. Not to mention we have two cats one's a kitten whom I love very much however I'm forced to give her away because she makes my wife nauseous because of her smell. I work 11/12 hours a day, and I come home to find the house in a tip, no food is ready so I end up having to cook and clean. I'm having to basically do both house and work roles. I understand the situation and circumstance, but you have to understand it can take a toll on you. And forget the bedroom life. It sounds bad but it just feels like when you work hard but you don't get any rewards. I just find myself getting annoyed at her now, I know it's not her fault but it can get annoying, she'll make comments and all sorts of things that will annoy me or she craves for a reaction which I dunno why. And the bedroom, this is dead now, like nothing. She doesn't like it and it now causes pain so this is also something which is affecting me because it's been a couple of months since the last time we did it and we were very active. Not to mention she had infection and thrush down below so that may have contributed to that.
I don't want to say anything to her but I feel like I'm soon at the point of just raging out my frustrations at her but I don't want to. I'm trying to take care of her, but it does become a headache at times. I have to leave the house in the evening go gym or swimming because I just need some space. I dunno
So what I'm asking is how do you deal with early pregnant women? Particularly brothers please give me some advice, if sisters want to contribute by all means
Jazakallahu khayran