Thijs admits in the podcast that he needs ‘a little help’. “I’m trying to figure out what my function actually is during a pregnancy.” According to the actor, the proportions in his relationship have completely changed. “It goes without saying that if the woman is making the baby, you have no say at all. But where do we find the balance in Niels?”
In the meantime, Thijs has already mastered a number of rules of thumb: “If she hasn’t slept well, then I shouldn’t talk too much now, for example. Then I have to make sure that I only make breakfast and then I just have to leave.” Going to train or something.” However, if Anna has had a good night’s sleep, the actor has ‘more room to move’. “But if I snore during the night, I already hear it. It goes so far that I sometimes think: oh, I shouldn’t snore or breathe too loudly. Maybe I’m breathing too hard.”
Above all, he knows that he should not be a burden to his girlfriend during this entire pregnancy. “Because that’s all I am right now: a burden.”
The actor has been facing many dilemmas since his girlfriend’s pregnancy. He gives as an example: “It might even be better if I suggest that I come back when she wants me to, but she doesn’t want that either.” He has to be there ‘all the time’, Anna thinks.
Their sleeping routine especially bothers Thijs. He doesn’t want to disturb Anna’s sleep. “I feel so terribly guilty that I keep my wife, who is also nursing my child, awake. Even though she already has to go to the toilet twenty times a night, because her entire bladder is being pushed away by the baby.”
In addition to this routine, even more has changed in Thijs’ life. He recently had to say goodbye to his favorite perfume. Anna no longer wants to smell this since the pregnancy. “I haven’t worn perfume for about three months now. (…) My own rituals are completely overflowing with hope. I think: don’t let me be in the bathroom when she has to do her things. Before I just open a drawer without being asked I’m going to grab a cotton swab or something. Then I’ll be told.”
To get through this pregnancy as best as possible, Thijs has now purchased a book to read. “Pregnancy For Men“, it’s called. “I feel so sad,” he jokes. In the meantime, the actor is especially looking forward to the second trimester. Because this one – according to the book – seems to be better. “Then you can have the happiest partner who there is. I really hope so.”
2023-09-24 13:12:40
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