Resentment and placing blame on partner

Firstly, please don’t judge me - I’m aware all my thoughts aren’t rational and I do already feel badly about them

I’m finding myself becoming easily frustrated, annoyed, and placing a lot of blame on my partner for many things. Now I’d get it if he was rubbish but he’s not - he has the baby straight away when he gets home from work, he lets me get ready and shower before he goes to work, he pitches in with the chores and gives me any time I ask for off. He doesn’t go out loads either.

I do a lot of the mental labour - realising we need more of and purchasing clothes, milk, groceries, deciding dinner, cooking, cleaning, thinking about what baby needs, etc.

However I just find myself annoyed and blaming him for so many things I find difficult. I know this isn’t fair, but it’s almost like I’m angry that he’s finding it easy and I’m not. Angry if I’ve just got the baby to sleep and he doesn’t think and closes doors to loudly. Angry when he doesn’t dress baby warm enough, or when he puts him in a car seat with a coat on. When he forgets a blanket or doesn’t wash his hands and plays with him. When hes snoring and I’ve just got the baby to drift off.

We have had many conversations and he has tried to take loads off me but it never feels like enough for me to stop being annoyed with him.

Am I experiencing some sort of post partum mental health issues? I find myself upset and crying a lot. any advice would help.

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Ahhh you are not alone! Could have written this myself
Something Im working on and hoping the more I find my feet again, the less I'll feel this way

I remember having similar feelings when my partner went back to work with my first... He's always been super hands on and we have great communication. I don't know how old your LO is but baby blues should get better in the first few weeks of life, if it's lasting much longer definitely seek help. A few things we did to help this was on a weekend day he'd either take our son for a walk or stay at home with him while I went out to do something I wanted, depending on what I needed. Meal plans we decide together during the week, we have a white board that we write it on, including a working shopping list if household things are getting low. Every evening we'd alternate bedtime/bath time and the other would do a quick tidy of the living room and kitchen and I bought a calendar and anything that's happening that affects the household goes on there, including if we have something with friends.
While these help, I think in general dad's have less pressure to 'do it right' so they don't feel the mental load as much.

He is also learning to be a dad and what to do. Don't expect that he knows, open up your heart, cry, share your feelings. It will help re-establish connection 🙏❤️

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Am I falling out of love with my husband or Post partum hormones?

Hi guys. I’ve been feeling really shit. I’m not sure why but recently I’ve been feeling as if though I might not love my husband as much anymore?

He hasn’t exactly done anything terrible. I don’t know, I feel like I hate him most of the time and just want him away from me. And then when I do try and make sure we’re good and put the effort in, that’s when he pisses me off even more; as if he’s giving me a reason not to like him?
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I understand marriage isn’t a fairy tale and we’ve been married for nearly 5 years, but I just don’t know how to feel right now.

We’ve had a conversation about this, and I guess he tried to reassure me that he does love me and is happy. But idk.

I want to be yearned for and stuff, but I just don’t feel that from him?

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