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Ugh my bloody mother!

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LoopyLoupGarou · 15/10/2010 14:15

OK, back story... some of you might know already...

DTD1 was stillborn last year, DTD2 now 15 months and big and strong.

We ummmed and ahhed about TTC, and decided this month to go for it, despite being shit scared.

I just did a HPT (due on Monday, so 3 days early, 1st Response). Got a very faint line.

Called DH, who is pleased and terrified like me.

Showed my mother, who is here helping with DD as I've been poorly (mastitis after stopping breastfeeding suddenly- it started to hurt hmmm...) and a chest infection.
So anyway, I showed her the test, and her response was "OH my God NO! No! Oh thank God, it's negative! How could you do that to me? You can't mess me around like that, you know you can't have any more, you can't put me through that again!" I showed her that the line is there but very faint. She says it's "where the line should be, not a red line, it would be a bloody red line for God's sake, you're just making it up!"

Now, I'm pretty sure that a line is a line, but she won't entertain the thought, and now am I supposed to feel guilty for her feelings if I am pregnant?

I'm so cross. I've sent her to the park with DD so I can gather my thoughts.

Any thoughts anyone?

BTW, when I told her I was pregnant with twins before, one of her classics lines was "oh, I'm not sure you'll cope, could you get them aborted and try again?" - so not one for tact, really.

:( and :) ??????

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3andahalfmonkeys · 16/10/2010 11:27

congratulations - ignore your mother, she sounds so much like mine aaaghhhh. when pregnant with ds3 we let ds1 tell gp's - mg.mothers reaction was you better be joking - you had better not be.
good luck with your pregnancy.

MumInBeds · 16/10/2010 11:34

Congratulations, and how very special for our due date to be on your DDs birthday.

LoopyLoupGarou · 16/10/2010 19:50

Arrggh she's driving me fucking mad!

"Why's DD crying so much Loopy?"
"I don't know, maybe it's because you were shouting for me while I was putting her to bed"
"Do you think it's because your DH didn't bath her, she prefers him to you you know"

Fucking hell.

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MumInBeds · 16/10/2010 19:55

When is she leaving?

LoopyLoupGarou · 16/10/2010 19:57

Not soon enough.

Tuesday I think.

Just had: "I had a thought, maybe she's thirsty"
"Er, but she's just had her milk"
"No, I mean thirsty for water, should I get her some?"
"No, she's asleep now"
"But she might still be thirsty..."

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galwaygal · 16/10/2010 20:06

loopy - Grin congratulations on your pregnancy, and I wish you all the patience in the world to last until your mother is gone. Wow I am amazed at you coping as well as you are with her silly comments!

Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy and birth.

LilRedWG · 16/10/2010 20:10

Congratulations! Ignore your mother!

DeadPoncy · 16/10/2010 20:27

Both congratulations (about the baby) and commiserations (about your mother). It sounds as though you are going to have to do without her support, as any complaint risks being met with panic on her side, and if you are very down or even outright upset, you really don't need to be calming her and playing your own reaction down Sad.

I hadn't known your background, and was terribly sorry to hear it. Good luck with everything.

(pluperfect)

LoopyLoupGarou · 16/10/2010 21:20

Ah, hi PP! Thanks. What's the name change? Halloween? (I don't get it!)

How are you my dear? I got a letter the other day telling me a poem I had submitted to a competition and forgot about is being published!

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DeadPoncy · 16/10/2010 22:51

Oooh, congrats on the poem! You see, you are being fertile in many ways!

Well, the "dead" bit of DeadPoncy is the Hallowe'eny bit. The other bit was because pluperfect was so poncy to start with, and I just couldn't swallow DeadPerfect! The LoopyLoupGarou is brilliant, by the way.

Anyway, you keep MNing and Tuesday will come all the faster.... Smile

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