{"id":16759,"date":"2025-06-02T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/?p=16759"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:19:52","slug":"feeling-rejected-by-my-husband-during-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/feeling-rejected-by-my-husband-during-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Rejected by My Husband During Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being pregnant is vulnerable. If there\u2019s anything you want when you\u2019re getting ready to welcome a baby, it\u2019s to feel secure about your future, to know that you\u2019re loved and desired, and that you\u2019ll be protected and taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>Being rejected always feels bad, but feeling rejected during pregnancy is especially scary.<\/p>\n<p>Pregnancy messes with your body so much that you can also feel like you\u2019re not very attractive. Then if he\u2019s less physically affectionate, you could assume it\u2019s because you don\u2019t look hot anymore in your maternity pants.<\/p>\n<p>Or someone might tell you that you just feel rejected because your hormones are making you crazy. So now you\u2019re not only feeling rejected, you&#8217;re also feeling unattractive and possibly crazy!<\/p>\n<p>But is that what\u2019s really happening?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some questions to ask yourself to get clear, and three simple ways to get your man\u2019s love and support.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/feeling-rejected-by-my-husband-during-pregnancy\/#1_Are_you_steamrolling_because_you_feel_vulnerable_like_I_did\" title=\"Are you steamrolling because you feel vulnerable (like I did)?\">Are you steamrolling because you feel vulnerable (like I did)?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/feeling-rejected-by-my-husband-during-pregnancy\/#2_Are_you_receiving_graciously\" title=\"Are you receiving graciously?\">Are you receiving graciously?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/feeling-rejected-by-my-husband-during-pregnancy\/#3_Are_you_showing_vulnerability\" title=\"Are you showing vulnerability?\">Are you showing vulnerability?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Are_you_steamrolling_because_you_feel_vulnerable_like_I_did\"><\/span><strong>1. Are you steamrolling because you feel vulnerable (like I did)?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16807\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/feeling-vulnerable-during-pregnancy.jpg\" alt=\"feeling vulnerable during pregnancy\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/feeling-vulnerable-during-pregnancy.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/feeling-vulnerable-during-pregnancy-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/feeling-vulnerable-during-pregnancy-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/feeling-vulnerable-during-pregnancy-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/feeling-vulnerable-during-pregnancy-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pregnancy makes you vulnerable. When I feel especially vulnerable, that can trigger my <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/top-10-ways-to-control-your-husband\/\">steamroller mode<\/a>. Laura Steamroller Doyle comes out and rolls over everybody.<\/p>\n<p>Steamrolling feels especially justified if there is something important that I\u2019m trying to make happen and everyone else is annoying me because they aren\u2019t on the same page.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve even gotten into steamroller mode about trying to end world divorce. I\u2019m like, \u201cEverybody else, get out of the way because I\u2019m doing something really important and I don\u2019t need any help. Well, I do need help, but since I\u2019m the only one who can do things the right way, never mind\u2014I\u2019ll just do it myself!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, this is off-putting to practically everyone. My team, my husband. Even to me, it\u2019s pretty unpleasant.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, I know a better way to show up now, which I\u2019ll tell you in a moment, but first, here\u2019s another question to ask yourself if you\u2019re feeling rejected during pregnancy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-3387035076\"><blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"display: inline; font-size: 23px;\">Related Article:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">The Number One Most Indispensable Skill for Fixing Your Marriage Fast.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Are_you_receiving_graciously\"><\/span><strong>2. Are you receiving graciously?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16808\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/receive-help-when-feeling-vulnerable.jpg\" alt=\"receive-help-when-feeling-vulnerable\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/receive-help-when-feeling-vulnerable.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/receive-help-when-feeling-vulnerable-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/receive-help-when-feeling-vulnerable-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/receive-help-when-feeling-vulnerable-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/receive-help-when-feeling-vulnerable-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Guess who\u2019s driving that steamroller, trying to look tough? Scared little Laura. Underneath all that, I\u2019m over my head, like when my first book became a New York Times bestseller and a media sensation and I got invitations to speak to some large audiences.<\/p>\n<p>What they didn\u2019t know was that I had never given a talk before, so I was terrified.<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-2272696919\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png 1118w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-480x240.png 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I got a book on how to be a public speaker, which just wasn\u2019t enough, so I contacted the author of the book for help. She asked me some questions so she could help me, and although I desperately wanted her help, instead I got in my steamroller.<\/p>\n<p>I remember her saying, \u201cSo you reached out to me for help because you have too many people asking you to speak?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And I was like \u201cYes, I have to go. Goodbye.\u201d And I hung up.<\/p>\n<p>I could not <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/podcast\/154-5-ways-to-maintain-balance-in-a-relationship\">receive help<\/a>. It just felt too vulnerable!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Are_you_showing_vulnerability\"><\/span><strong>3. Are you showing vulnerability?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16809\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/husband-responded-to-her-feeling-rejected.jpg\" alt=\"husband responded to her feeling rejected\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/husband-responded-to-her-feeling-rejected.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/husband-responded-to-her-feeling-rejected-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/husband-responded-to-her-feeling-rejected-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/husband-responded-to-her-feeling-rejected-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/husband-responded-to-her-feeling-rejected-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What does any of this have to do with feeling rejected during pregnancy? Being pregnant is full of purpose and passion. It takes a lot of energy.<\/p>\n<p>You have something important to prepare for, with a non-negotiable deadline that will change your life. Some of it, only you can do! And some things you can receive help with if you\u2019re open. If it\u2019s not too scary.<\/p>\n<p>So it may not be so much that your husband is rejecting you, but that you\u2019re rejecting your husband or steamrolling him like I did with that speaker coach. You may be trying to protect yourself and your baby, even from your husband. But he\u2019s on your side.<\/p>\n<p>He may have the impression you don\u2019t need him or don\u2019t want him. Letting him see how scared you are, how much you desperately want his help and support, instead of pretending you have it all figured out\u2014that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/podcast\/093-how-to-be-vulnerable-in-a-relationship\/\">what it means to be vulnerable<\/a>, which is what you are when you\u2019re pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what happened when Renee kept reminding her man that they needed a car seat pronto because the baby was coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>When she didn\u2019t see him moving to get it, she jumped in her steamroller. She took her exhausted, eight-month-pregnant self out to get the car seat. Then she brought it home and let him know what a disappointing father he was before their baby even arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of apologizing to her and asking her what else he could do to prepare for their baby like she hoped he would, he moved out of their bedroom, leaving her feeling even more alone. Talk about rejection!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16810\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vulnerability-and-respect.jpg\" alt=\"vulnerability and respect\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vulnerability-and-respect.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vulnerability-and-respect-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vulnerability-and-respect-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vulnerability-and-respect-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vulnerability-and-respect-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/>The last thing she wanted to do next was be vulnerable with him, but after a call with her coach, she decided to tearfully admit to him that, despite owning the necessary car seat, she felt entirely unprepared for the enormous responsibility of being a mom.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband responded by pulling her into his arms. They had a tender, reassuring conversation that made her feel loved and connected again. Within days he was back in her bed and more attentive than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Another student, Lauren, shared how practicing the <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">6 Intimacy Skills\u2122<\/a>\u00a0 made her third pregnancy a completely different experience than her first two because she felt so outrageously well taken care of by her husband with her new approach.<\/p>\n<p>Far from feeling rejected, she was so supported to the point of feeling spoiled when she showed up vulnerable and receptive.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are pregnant and feeling rejected right now, how could you experiment with changing that by leaning into your vulnerability and letting your husband love and support you? I\u2019d love to hear in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being pregnant is vulnerable. 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