My Husband Treated Me like a Maid at Home While I Was on Maternity Leave After Giving Birth—So I Taught Him a Lesson

After my emergency C-section with twins, my husband started criticizing my housekeeping and demanding home-cooked meals, even as I recovered and cared for two newborns around the clock. When he called caring for our babies a “vacation,” I knew he had no idea what I was going through.

My name is Laura, I’m 35, and I thought I had the perfect marriage. Mark and I built our small family business from scratch—he handled the hands-on work, I managed the clients and bookkeeping. We were a team, dreaming of little ones running around our cozy home.

When I got pregnant with twins, we were overjoyed. Mark read parenting books, painted the nursery, and spoke to my belly every night. But after 18 hours of labor, my blood pressure spiked dangerously, and I ended up in an emergency C-section. Emma and Ethan were born healthy but small. Recovery was brutal. I couldn’t sit up alone, picking up the babies sent shooting pains through my abdomen, and nights blurred into constant feeding, burping, and soothing.

At first, Mark seemed supportive. But within a week, his comments turned sharp: “You had all day and couldn’t clean?” and “We can’t keep ordering takeout.” Every evening brought criticism about a messy living room, scattered bottles, or baby blankets. I was exhausted, still healing, and caring for two babies non-stop, yet he acted like I was failing.

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