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Just had my first judgemental comment about 4 kids.

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streetface · 16/09/2017 00:51

And I haven't even got 4 kids yet!

AIBU to think I'm just going to have to deal with people looking down their noses at me for having 4 children?

My first 3 children were carefully planned. I thought we were done. Had depo injection and husband due for snip in Jan. I have posted about this previously. I have been receiving treatment for heavy periods since April and had lost over a stone in weight.

Turns out it wasn't a period but a pregnancy complication that causes massive bleeds (subchoronic heamatoma) I found out I was pregnant nearly 5 months in when I began to show and I was finally given a scan.

Shocked is an understatement. One of my biggest fears is the horrible reactions and judgements from other people. I can't change the outcome now. Already I have received a pompous comment when discussing an unrelated issue and mentioned about being busy.

"Well I would be busy too if I had CHOSEN to have 4 children"

I don't even have four yet. Is this my life now?

OP posts:
SandyY2K · 16/09/2017 17:09

I have a friend who has 5 and because the first 4 are boys, people have said "you're not having any more now are you. You've got your girl".

When she had 4 boys they said how do you cope.
I have to say I thought the same when she would screech at them, but I would never say anything.

My Dsis has 4 and got "Wow! How do you manage"

Dsis used to say she's having more just to wind them up. She said people commented as though it was madness and she was some kind of weird to have 4.

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