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Ex partner won't come to hospital for miscarriage

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ThisIsMyUsername0 · 06/06/2026 13:17

I've recently found out that i'm pregnant and now, a couple of weeks on after finding out that I'm pregnant, it's been confirmed that I'm miscarrying. I'm booked in on Tuesday at the hospital for a procedure to remove everything.

I've been asked, if I can, to bring someone with me. The father, a man I was with for 9 years, is refusing to come. We basically had a massive argument, ended our relationship and the next day, he was on an online dating site. He met up with someone a couple of days later and I've found out that they've been sleeping together. It was at this point I found out I was pregnant and told him. He asked if I wanted to get back together and try again however I said no, so he has kept on seeing this woman. Now, a couple of weeks on, I went round to his to collect some belongings (he owns the house) and asked him if he could come with me to the hospital however he has said no, he's busy. I pressed him on why he couldn't come and he just kept saying he was busy. I (shouldn't have, I know), checked his phone. He's arranged to meet up with her that day. Choosing a shag from a woman he's been seeing a couple of weeks over supporting me, his ex partner who is carrying his baby.

I went balistic when I found out and he started shouting and bawling that I shouldn't have looked through his phone, that he wasn't the person that should be supporting me any more etc.

Am I really being unreasonable to expect him to come? I could bring a friend or family member but it's his baby. I don't know if I'm overreacting here as my mind is all over the place at the moment.

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Noshowlomo · 06/06/2026 13:59

I'm so sorry, it’s horrific, but he’s not the one to support you. He’s probably glad you are miscarrying as then he won’t have a tie to you, and he can carry on shagging women from online websites.
You need proper support, from those who LOVE you.

oliviaAustin · 06/06/2026 13:58

Try to let him go OP. Your relationship is over. Maybe call a friend or family member to go with you.

It’s over… and he isn’t willing to be responsible for you even though it was his child. Try to come to terms with that. I’m so sorry.

rwalker · 06/06/2026 13:57

It’s hard but with recent events he the last person you need there or should of asked

going through ex phone was completely the wrong thing to do

Notabarbie · 06/06/2026 13:57

I'm so deeply confused about why you'd want him to be there and why you're checking his phone.

EmailsaysOOO · 06/06/2026 13:56

@BlueSlate you are welcome to your view..That's fine..I'm also welcome to mine.

WaltzingWaters · 06/06/2026 13:55

He should want to be there for you, after 9 years, even if you’re not together anymore. But the fact he doesn’t means that you have 100% made the right decision not to be together anymore, and you don’t have to EVER question that.
I hope you have someone who can go with you and actually be supportive.

C8H10N4O2 · 06/06/2026 13:53

You were not unreasonable to hope but probably unreasonable to expect him to attend considering the speed with which he moved onto another woman.

Put him behind you and focus on your existing friends and making new friends. That will serve you better long term.

BlueSlate · 06/06/2026 13:52

EmailsaysOOO · 06/06/2026 13:47

Some people have no heart. They have a cold hard stone in their chests. Hope you have a good friend who you can ask . Take care x

Don't be silly.

Other posters are right. He is not her person anymore. She might be hurting about the end of the relationship now on top of everything else but it doesn't make it apppropriate for him to accompany her and it certainly wasn't appropriate for her to look through his phone and berate him for moving on when he asked if she wanted to try again and she said no.

He was supportive to her when they were together but he has put a boundary in place now and it is appropriate for him to do that.

I can think of a few reasons why he wouldn't want to be there and being completely heartless would be only one of them.

whippersnapper55 · 06/06/2026 13:52

I'm so sorry OP. He's shown himself to be cruel and shallow and uncaring. You deserve better. Take someone else with you to support you. Cut contact with him and look after yourself 💐

johntorodesfatcheeks · 06/06/2026 13:51

He’d be the very last person I’d want there if I were you and I would not have asked him.
sorry you are going through this but I think you need someone with you who is actually a part of your life and future not your past.

FridayOnMyMind · 06/06/2026 13:50

I’m sorry to hear about your miscarriage, and hope you get the support you need.

You told your ex that you did not want him to be part of your life which is reason enough for him to want to detach completely.

itsmeits · 06/06/2026 13:49

ThisIsMyUsername0 · 06/06/2026 13:41

I all honesty, I don't know how he can be so detached after only a few weeks out of a 9 year relationship, let alone be so cold about the fact that I'm losing a baby that was ours. It just feels so cruel and it's making everything else so much harder.

Because he is processing this differently to you!
He is installing boundaries that it is over and he doesn't think it is his place to support you now.
Yes that is hard. You need to Concentrate on you now.

dudsville · 06/06/2026 13:48

In your shoes I wouldn't have asked him. I've seen that you've bolded for emphasis that it's his baby too, and of course, but the situation is muddied by asking him.

EmailsaysOOO · 06/06/2026 13:47

Some people have no heart. They have a cold hard stone in their chests. Hope you have a good friend who you can ask . Take care x

BoredZelda · 06/06/2026 13:44

Tableforjoan · 06/06/2026 13:39

He is your ex. It’s not his job to support you emotionally.

He supported you before because he was your boyfriend.

Agreed. This is not his job, regardless of him being the dad. He gave you the option of getting back together, you said no and he moved on. Sure it was quick but you both made your choice. You need support for you and that should be from someone who cares about you.

Blondeshavemorefun · 06/06/2026 13:44

Sorry for your loss tho he asked if wanted to get back together and you said no - so he’s moved on.

Firesidechatter · 06/06/2026 13:43

ThisIsMyUsername0 · 06/06/2026 13:41

I all honesty, I don't know how he can be so detached after only a few weeks out of a 9 year relationship, let alone be so cold about the fact that I'm losing a baby that was ours. It just feels so cruel and it's making everything else so much harder.

I’m sorry I know it’s hard, but he is not your partner, the fact the child was his does not change this. You’re better with someone else there. It can’t be him.

ThisIsMyUsername0 · 06/06/2026 13:41

I all honesty, I don't know how he can be so detached after only a few weeks out of a 9 year relationship, let alone be so cold about the fact that I'm losing a baby that was ours. It just feels so cruel and it's making everything else so much harder.

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Firesidechatter · 06/06/2026 13:41

Gently you’re being hugely unreasonable. The relationship is over. He is wirh someone else. It is no longer his role to support you in this, take a friend or family member,

and do not go through his phone, this is really unacceptable he is no longer your partner and is free to see who he wishes.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 06/06/2026 13:41

So, I totally understand why you’re upset. He’s supported you before, it’s safe and comforting for him to be there.

BUT-
I think it’s wiser that it isn’t him. It would blur the boundaries between you, it would be really easy to reignite a relationship, because of safety and familiarity.
It’s easy to say he’s a prick not to help, but he may be right not to. Things have changed, you don’t want him back. It’s safer not to blur the boundaries.

im sorry for what you are going through. 💐

Tableforjoan · 06/06/2026 13:39

He is your ex. It’s not his job to support you emotionally.

He supported you before because he was your boyfriend.

ThisIsMyUsername0 · 06/06/2026 13:36

I guess we were together for 9 years, we've been through 2 miscarriages already which he was very supportive of and I didn't think this is who he was. I just can't believe this is the kind of man that he really is, on top of everything else I'm going through. It's a lot to wrap my head around in the space of a couple of weeks. Had the roles been reversed, I would have supported hin with the loss of our child, not be shagging someone else and putting that over my ex losing our baby.

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Snorlaxo · 06/06/2026 13:35

I would find it more stressful having an ex there.

He’s unlikely to show emotion because he’s emotionally and physically detached from you and moved on. You need someone who isn’t going to piss you off and remind you of why you broke up and makes things harder.

As a man he can’t carry babies so it’s easy for him to be detached about a miscarriage. Even if he’d come, he would piss you off by not being or wanting to be there for you afterwards. You need someone who isn’t going to support you rather than someone who will clock watch and go to his date if things take longer than he fancies.

jsku · 06/06/2026 13:34

You broke up. You didn’t want to try again when you were pregnant.
At this point - it’s all too raw and dramatic for you both being rational and supportive friends.
It’s a medical procedure - and you can make it like some point to prove - but why?
This clearly was not a planned pregnancy, so why have someone there who cant relate to your emotions and be supportive?

ItsNotMeEither · 06/06/2026 13:30

You are being unreasonable to want to spend a single second within 100km of him! Ever!

Sorry you’re going through this, but he was already an ex for a reason. He’d be a shit person and clearly no emotional support for you at all.