My Husband Chose $800 Over My Recovery After Giving Birth | Reading Reddit Stories

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4.6 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In today's narration of Reddit stories, OP is frustrated that her husband is not taking more time off work after she gives birth to their child.

0:00 Intro

0:19 Story 1

3:53 Story 1 Comments

7:39 Story 1 Update

13:26 Story 2

14:55 Story 2 Comments

16:35 Story 2 Update

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0:00.0	Hey Waffle Gang, I do hope you are well.
0:06.1	My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more Reddit stories.
0:09.6	And if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider?
0:12.3	And I'll like, subscribe, maybe that notification bell too.
0:15.5	Let's crack on with today's first story.
0:18.4	Much love, guys.
0:19.5	Now today's first story comes from Banana Sav 0118.
0:24.0	And it says, my husband, 25 male and I 23 female are having a baby. It's me asking for more than a week too much.
0:34.0	Please help. Hey everyone. I 23 female and 15 weeks along.
0:39.8	My husband and I have started talking about all of the appointments and schedules going
0:44.3	on until the end of the year, baby due in November.
0:48.3	We found out I would not be getting paid maternity leave, but he'd be getting paid paternity
0:52.3	leave for up to four weeks. I've already started
0:55.2	saving up for when I would be out of work for three weeks after the baby. I worked from home
1:00.4	and I didn't really think it'd be a problem for him to help me out for three weeks while I healed.
1:05.6	And then let me readjust for a week while I tried to transition back to work. His response was that he'd be happy to
1:12.5	take a week off, but if he needed to, he could take two. His reason was that two weeks was
1:17.9	2K, that he would already be missing out on and didn't feel comfortable losing any more.
1:23.7	A few key details before I get into the juicy part. We've been together for five years, just got married May 4th.
1:31.2	Yes, we had issues before the baby and no, the baby was not planned.
1:35.9	I have pre-existing health issues on top of being diagnosed with hypermesis gravidarium
1:41.4	that have sent me to the ER four times already. He does new construction plumbing,
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