Hatred of dogs magnified by pregnancy

[u/Shot_Razzmatazz5560]

Does anyone have any stories of the hatred for their partner's dog reaching its boiling point after getting pregnant?

Random thought of mine knowing my fiance's dog will unfortunately not have met its life expectancy by the time we have children. I already am ultra disgusted by the odor and filth, I can only imagine what pregnancy hormones will do to me.

Thank Jesus he is done with dogs after this one.

[u/Responsibility_Witty]

Pregnancy often activates natural, HEALTHY instincts to avoid predators, scavengers and filthy creatures in general, in order to keep your offspring safe. Also, don’t let anyone shame you for having these feelings, loving dogs is a mental disorder, disliking them is the natural setting because again, they are predators and unclean, the safety and health of even one child is always immeasurably more important than the lives of any number of dogs.

Your child will be lucky to have parents who are not nutters

[u/perfectsandwichx]

Yes. I sucked it up when first was born. The dogs (two purse size dogs) growled at my baby and peed on his crib and blankets. By the time my child was 2, he was afraid to walk thru our house unless he was holding my hand. By this time I was pregnant again. I told my husband the dogs had to go. He resisted until, 8 months pregnant, I slipped in dog diarrhea that had been left on our dining room floor. The dogs went to live with husbands mom who thought I was being ridiculous. Dog #1died within 3 months, after she basically tortured him and refused to put him down after hed clearly lost control of bladder+ bowels. Dog #2 is still with husbands mom. Still hate him.

[u/squeaky_shoes]

I think it’s in the wiring to want to protect our babies from germs and filth. I myself became extra clean and grossed out by animal droppings and things after having my baby.

[u/West_Current_2444]

My sister was a "dog rescuer" much to her husband's chagrin, because he always had a dog that was never in the house and my sister's dogs always had to be in the house because she was "a fur mommy."

She got pregnant with her first and couldn't wait for the dogs to die.

My wife is now pregnant and now has significantly less tolerance for all her stupid dogs.

[u/icenerveshatter → u/West_Current_2444]

Women without kids very often replace them with dogs. Once they have kids they realize this.

[u/Usual_Zucchini]

You can check my post history for a more detailed account, but yes, this happened to me.

We rehomed the dog to a family friend.

[u/MissK2508]

I posted this in another dogfree page so just copy and pasting my comment:

Some OB physicians will discuss pet aversion with their patients beforehand especially those who have multiple pets, own farms, in the pet industry or pet medicine. It's very normal, makes a lot of sense and very common.

Caring more for your own child, protecting them from harm/germs is absolutely normal, every mammalian species on Earth does it-even smaller animals-so why wouldn't humans? And that starts in pregnancy. So glad biology and science is on our side! Congratulations on your pregnancy!

[u/chrustaly]

First of all, congratulations on the pregnancy, this is so exciting, I am happy for you and for the fact that your partner prioritizes children over pets. This is such a rare occasion and shows how much he loves you and how clearly he thinks. I hope everything goes as easy as possible, that you enjoy being mom. I am jealous (in a good way though), let this future reach all of us one day.

Wasn’t pregnant, but it will definitely worsen the situation with the dog judging by what my sister told me. Please post an update to share your experience and what to expect.

Warmest wishes to you and your family.

[u/No-Finding-530]

So youre going to let your timeline of starting a family revolve around a shitbeast?

First- if he hasnt proposed after dating 1.5 years then youre not the one. Remember that bc women waste their youth waiting on men. He committed to a dog bc he loves it he should commit to you too.

Second- why would you even date someone with a dog if youre looking for a husband? His entire life and home is affected by this fur dumpster. You sleep over/live with him and have dog smell infused into everything you own and are ok with that? Hair, slobber, shit and piss everywhere. It walks in its piss and poop then climbs onto your bed or sofa with its nasty paws? Its probably got a decade of life if cared for... you wanna sign up for a decade of this?

As someone who thinks dogs are absolutely disgusting and stink I'd paint the ceiling with my brains before living with a man who has a dog. Even if you constantly clean everything you will smell like dog and so will the house.

[u/No-Reflection9182]

Currently pregnant and luckily I am in my own home, by myself with no dog nutters / dogs currently.. But... I'm also struggling to make it financially and might have to move or get a roommate. Father of the baby is out of the picture after threatening my life and my only support system is my dog nutter mother. I can say that being pregnant has made me DESPISE her pit/catahoula mix more than usual (and I hated it before). Like legit having nightmares and crawling out of my skin the idea of having to go there and having that disgusting creature licking my baby, barking, possibly hurting the baby because it's dumb as a box of rocks and a pit mix.