To ask which one sentence changed your life?

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I’ll start.

‘My god girl- You’re pregnant.’

Said by a Dr to a 14 year old me.

"SpitefulMidLifeAnimal, I am arresting you on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance..."

A kind copper got me some help and I've now been drug free for over ten years.

"What am I looking for" said the sonographer to me while peering at the screen while scanning me for what I thought was retained miscarriage products.

"Retained products" said I.

"Oh. So. Not this little baby then?"
Said she... looking puzzled at my precious miracle baby after 7 miscarriages .

The most wonderful wonderful words ever.

"Hi - your sister gave me your address - do you remember me?"

First line of an email sent by my first boyfriend after not seeing him for 30 years. We wrote for a year, then met at the airport . We've been married for 10 years .

Dad- she’s stopped breathing.

Said by me two weeks ago.

Would you still be willing to adopt them?

Said by my foster children’s SW, 18 years ago. I had asked many times, but had been told that it was against SS policy to allow fcs to adopt babies.

So sorry for all of those that have had terrible news. Such sadness

Crosser your post finished me off. How wonderful for you.

the life support is keeping her alive, shes brain dead

Stop screaming it doesn't help, said by the midwife when I had been in back to back labour for 52 hours. It did help and I screamed even louder after that. .

I'm not giving up drinking for anyone. I like drinking.
Ok then. Nowhere to go after that except the divorce courts

Some of these are the most heartbreaking words I've ever read 

Uggy that’s awful

“You need to come with us, it’s about your parents” being picked up by police from school when I was 14 after my parents were in a major car crash, my mother escaped with a broken nose but my father died

On a lighter note when I was having an awful time of things at work a colleague said “never let the pressure overpower the fun” and I’ve tried to bear that in mind since

'And here is your baby growing perfectly exactly where they should be!'

Said to me at an early scan after suffering a miscarriage and 2 ectopic pregnancies. That was DS1

Now sitting here cuddling my newborn DS2 and crying at all these emotional stories.

Hugs to all 

'But there is no reason physically that you can't work, its all your head now' my ex-manager 2 weeks after mg miscarriage and the doctor has signed me off for another week.

'I didn't think it was possible but I love you so much more now' DH after DS was born.

'it's a boy'
'It's a girl'

'You're a wonderful mum and you're children are a credit to you. They're beautiful, intelligent, happy and engaging' said to me by my mum after someone else had questioned my parenting for the 100th time. She's never said anything like that to me, ever. So it meant a lot.

I wouldn't want you teaching my children.
Said to me whilst on placement. I then asked to move schools and
I blossomed. However it has Meant that I do suffer from feeling that my teaching isn't good enough despite doing very well and getting very good results.

"It is better to act incorrectly than be frozen by indecision".

Can't remember the exact line, it was from a book of military philosophy. I used to get paralysed by anxiety, but now I Hold The Line, and Push The Attack.

wow, all of these have really put my own life and worries into perspective. sending you all so much love and hope

"99% of what you worry about doesn't happen" - It is my mum's saying and it really sticks to me. I have severe anxiety and this one phrase is what I find myself chanting in my head to get me through every day

If I had to choose between you and your father, I'd choose him every time.

My mother. I wasn't asking her to choose. She screamed it at me when I was in my early 20s.

I never wanted children. Your dad wanted you.

My mother from as young as I can remember.

It made me not trust her and I it made me able to ignore most her abusive behaviour because I knew that it was because she didn't want me. It was kinda expected that she'd be mean.

Sorry to those who have had the worst experiences. Mine places into insignificance 💐💐💐

Heart consultant said to me you won't reach 65 I was 35 then now 40, five years later 8 stone lost and giving up smoking

Uggy 

"Mum's killed herself." My brother's words to me on answering his phone call four years ago, when my mum (and best friend) took her own life. There's not a day that's gone by since that I haven't thought about her and missed her.

My dad ringing me to say " Your mum has died". Totally unexpected, she had been looking after my four year old dd the evening before. I have had to break bad news to so many people over the years ( Palliative care Nurse), I hope I do it sensitively , sometimes it's so hard to find the right words.

"I'm sorry, there's no heartbeat"

That was definitely the biggest life change for me. Never did I ever expect to hear those words. And I never realised how it changes your life, even at 9 weeks. I'm still learning to get to know the new me 2.5 years later

"Your womb is fine, infact... you're around 4 weeks pregnant" - the sonographer pointing to the screen when I went in for a scan as they suspected I had a heart shaped womb. We'd been TTC for 12 years and were going through pre-IVF tests again.

"I love you, too much" my boyfriend when I was 17. He was the love of my life at the time and they were his last words to me when two weeks earlier he'd proposed (ikr!?) I was a mess for years. I never trusted any one else for over a decade.
He was 21 and wanted to live his life.

He's now miserably married and lives unhappily in NZ so I'm smug 😁

'I'm sorry. Your husband is clinically brain-dead. We're going to switch off the life support machine.'

'Walk to the bin. Just walk to the bin.' The last sentence my h said to me before ended my marriage.