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.

‘There’s the heartbeat’ at every one of my scans with DS after three consecutive miscarriages. Didn’t dare believe we’d get him here safely. Yet he’s here and the best thing that ever happened to us!

"Keep doing me proud" said by my dad, a few hours before he passed away, I held his hand until the very end.

Im in tears reading this thread,so many strong beautiful brave men and women on here,

Hopefully your stories give someone the push they need to change their lives.

"I'm afraid there's no heartbeat"
Second pregnancy, at the 12 week scan.

Broke me.

"What's the worst that can happen?"

Susan Jeffers' words transformed me from a mousy safety-lover to an epic risk-taker. And gave me the best tools to help my anxious DS as well.

And there's the heartbeat, everything looks fine, he looks like he's waving! After a huge bleed at 15 weeks, all assumed it was a miscarriage.

So sorry mumtoanangel x

"You could do it lass, you've just got to get it down on paper"

Said to me by a lovely old man when I told him I'd like to be a nurse, but didn't think I was good enough to actually do it. He was the first person I told I wanted to be a nurse. I remembered those words throughout my training and when I was getting ready to walk across the stage for my graduation .

Nurse said to me "He is a tiny tot, just 1lb. We don't think he will survive more than four days. You need to give him.a name"

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

Paramedic to me, April 2018. It was my partner he was talking about.

"Well I was going to ask if you want to be my girlfriend" - my now DH a couple of weeks after we met when we were awkward teenagers. Nearly 13 years later and here we are 

Not very original but "it's a boy" at my 20 week scan, I'd been expecting to have a girl for some reason. DS is the absolute light of my life.

"She's gone" - my sister calling me in July to tell me that our Nan had passed when DS was 11 days old, she never got to meet him. She was such a strong woman and a huge huge part of my life. I've been lucky enough to never lose anyone close to me before and it broke my heart. I still feel like it's not right and she should be here although it was absolutely her time (she was 94 the day after ds was born and we video called). I can't describe the sadness.

So sorry to everyone with sad ones 

“The only reason I’m not threatening to throw myself off the building is because I know you’d still leave anyway.” From the abusive partner I was breaking up with. I think he meant it to show how cruel I was but instead I thought “he’s right” and also “well that puts all those previous suicide threats into perspective.” Walked away and never looked back.

Better one, many years later: “I know we said we both didn’t want anything serious, but if you ever want to change that then, um, I’d like to try.” From the casual fling I was seeing. We’re married now.

@botanica you need to do what is right for you. I hated every minute of the last cycle. Thought it was pointless. Couldn’t wait to get my life back. I’ll be honest nothing would make me do it again. But I didn’t want what if being there for ever. Make sure your dh knows the last cycle is the last - you can’t be in limbo for ever.

“I’ve brought a profile I’d like you to look at”
Said by our adoption social worker who then showed us a picture of 13 month old dd
She just turned 4 and is our world

"he's been taken into hospital and it's not good news. Don't book a flight back for the funeral, he would rather you carried on the adventure"

"There's a heart beat and the baby looks fine" after bleeding at 15 weeks.
”Baby seems to be doing well, no obvious signs of issue" after I gave birth in a bathroom a month early (to the baby mentioned previously).I had never felt so scared and alone as I did then so hearing my baby was ok was amazing.

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“Don’t worry about that. Just think about the next ten minutes and what you need to do in those” said to me when I was feeling completely overwhelmed and having a breakdown. I often remind myself of it when I feel myself getting overwhelmed again.
“No is a complete sentence” said by lots of lovely mumsnetters that gave me a back bone to stand up to and leave abusive ex.

@reallyreallynow yes I had quads. They were born very early at 25 weeks weighing just over a pound each.

@AtSea1979 I needed to read that bit of advice. Thank you 🌷 And breathe...

He gave you a name.
My Aunt after the man I grew up believing to be my Father died, and I said he had done nothing for me. That was a can of worms well and truly opened.

What would you say to your daughter if she was in this situation?
A police officer after yet another attack by an abusive partner. I left that day and never went back.

I've got really sad news. Nan's seriously ill and deteriorating. My cousin two weeks ago. Nan died six days later.

"The trouble with you is you will never just accept that we are not equal" said by DH of 20 years. Now ExH!

“Do you have someone with you?”

My stepmother on the phone from abroad, to tell me that my lovely dad had been killed in a motorbike accident.

I'm sorry but your son has a massive brain tumour 😢

He died 27 months later aged 18.

My love, my life, my first born child 😢

"Im sorry but the pregnancy is eptopic, you will have surgery today to remove the tube" said to me by a doctor at my dating scan.

Turns out he was wrong and my daughter is a healthy 4 year old today

These are so sad and also moving 😢

“I’m sorry we’ve done everything we can” said by one of the doctors who had been working on my first born 4 month old daughters heart. I truly didnt understand what I was hearing until I heard my own voice saying no no no no.

And then “reach down and lift your baby up” when my rainbow baby girl was born 11 years of sadness later