My Husband Canceled My Postpartum Stay for His Best Friend to Nurse Me
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On the day I came home with my newborn daughter, my husband told me he had canceled the recovery suite I'd booked and paid for. In its place, he had invited his longtime female best friend to move into our guest room and care for us. He called it a practical solution. I called it a decision made about my body, my home, and my baby without me. Then I found two steaming bowls of expensive broth on the kitchen counter, one for him and one for her, while my dinner sat untouched in the microwave. I needed help, but I couldn't tell whether my husband had brought his friend into our house to save money—or to make room for something he'd been hiding from me.
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I took Wren to Juniper House two weeks later.
The center had a room open for one night, not five. I booked it with my own card. I knew I could have used that money for the pediatrician bills coming up, or kept it as a cushion in case I needed to rent a place of my own.
I booked it anyway.
The room had a wide bed, a bassinet,……
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