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to be a bit peeved with woman who butted in on private convo about pregnancy after loss to tell me that all my previous losses would be worth it once I held this baby in my arms?

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sharklet · 25/05/2012 19:02

to be a bit peeved with woman who butted in on private convo about pregnancy after loss to tell me that all my previous losses would be worth it once I held this baby in my arms?

Am 33 weeks pregnant and look a bit like someone has strapped a huge beachball under my dress right now. EVERYONE seems to think it is fine to touch, jiggle and generally interrupt me no matter what I am doing right now to make some comment on the baby coming soon... normally I gracefully accept whatever the compliment or comment is - but today I am just plain pee'd off.

Private convo with freind, admittedly on the playground dropping the kids off, but anyway woman (who I don't know from Adam - big school!) makes a beeline for me and just interrupts our convo to ask when am I due and all that palava. But she had heard snippet of convo before she butted and heard I had had 7 m/cs between DD and almost cooked bun in oven. So she starts on this "oh you poor thing, I had no idea" (you don't know me how could you - thinks I) then she comes out with this comment that really made me cross basically she said something like "Oh but all those m/cs will be worth it once you hold that baby in your arms. Nothing else will matter."

I was speechless, and sort of found an excuse to leave as I find it really upsetting still to think of so many bubbs who did not make it. Managed not to cry but was very furious, and am hoping I don't see her again at the end of the day....

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whoknowsnotme · 26/05/2012 00:46

well the woman is clearly an idiot. If that's the best that you can come up with, you really should just keep quiet imo. Truly sorry about previous losses, but congratulations on new almost cooked baby x

whoknowsnotme · 26/05/2012 00:53

i just hate the whole idea that these babies that have died just fleetingly get brushed under the carpet and bare no real significance. They do. Mc is the only form of death that people feel ok to play down.

iscream · 26/05/2012 01:12

Well, the woman was an ill mannered fool, but it sounds like she didn't mean any harm. I have a feeling she has never lost a baby or been close to anyone who has. I'm sorry you had to hear that, please try and erase it from your mind.

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