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OH SH*T............................

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 22/09/2006 15:12

I'm 99.99% certain that there's a very faint positive line on the pg test I've just done. It is very faint, but compared to one I did the other day I'm sure there's a line there. And it is still a couple of day until AF is due.

Need to go to the chemist and get another one just to make absolute certain but I'm not feeling very optimistic that it's going to show a negative.

SHT SHT SH*T

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 13:48

I'll be 4 weeks on Tuesday! So still very early days.......but then I found out before I was even 4 weeks with both the DS's too

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mumandlovingit · 23/09/2006 13:54

early days but i wish you all the best.look after yourself and make sure you eat properly.take care.

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 14:54

Just had a quite reassuring chat with my mum. I was totally unplanned (she had the coil fitted 6 weeks before she fell pg with me). Apparently my dad wanted her to have an abortion too. Although he never said it as directly as my DH has. Apparently he spent days 'huffing around' (her words) and mum asked him "what do you want me to do - abort it" and his reply was "well, yes, something like that".

When I was born and he discovered I was a little girl he was over the moon........and I've always been his favourite sadly, often to my brother detriment. So there's hope yet that DH will come round.

He's back from work now, and is off to Manchester soon, I've given him the letter and asked him to read it tonight before he goes to bed, or tomorrow. He didn't say anything, but I think he knows what it's about..........

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Pixiefish · 23/09/2006 17:12

fab letter QoQ

Mellowma · 23/09/2006 17:26

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ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/09/2006 18:02

QofQ hello [whispers congrats ]

When we found out we were expecting OUR #3, DH was physically sick with shock and would certainly not have stood in my way if I and mentioned termination (which I did not and could not; same reasons as yours). He took a good while (a few weeks?) to get used to the idea, although knew from the outset that we (or I if necessary altho this aspect was never voiced) were going to have this baby.

The baby when born was (IS!) Alex.. who was far more than either of us bargained for as you know (well would if I wasn't posting under a daft name.. it's SleepyJess) and he remains the 'highest maintenance child' I have ever personally come across.. and yet DH and DS2 (now 6) have a very very close relationship, always have, and he once said, perhaps not in so many words (because he isn't given to flowery statements!) that for all the things he's never achieved in his life, he thinks maybe he was born to be Alex's dad...

Hope that inspires you a little. Your DH has had no time at all to get used to the shock (n male terms!.. women get used to this much quicker; think it's biological). How he feels in a few days and then a few weeks is likely to be much different to how he is feeling now.. and from a practical point of view, you must just sit it out because you know.. and we know , that the termination option, in this particular case, just aint gonna happen.

Thinking of you..

SJ x And PS, just as a footnote, DH might want to do that vasectomy-thing quite quickly now! My DH was 'getting his head around booking up' after DD was born.. then suddenly, when she was 10 months old, I was pg again .. and he got his head around it ever so quickly all of a sudden!!!

carrotcake · 23/09/2006 18:06

I think letters can work really well sometimes, perhaps a night apart will do you both good? My dp is always working away and sometimes it's a relief, remember you need to absorb and process this too. Hope you get a better night's sleep...

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 19:17

thanks everyone - it feels wierd jumping between this "oh shit" thread and my other "yippee" thread - but that's just how it is I guess.

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 20:57

ok - sorry back on this one again. Sat here on my own now the boys are fast asleep in bed, and DH is miles away in Manchester. What if he reads the letter and comes back and tells me it him or the baby???? What on earth would I do then? I've re-read my letter to him and I don't think I explain myself very well what if he reads it and still doesn't understand how I feel????

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Divvy · 23/09/2006 21:14

It was lovely meeting you today.

Talk to him when he gets back...hoping he feels better about things when he gets back xx

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/09/2006 21:18

QofQ it's a great letter.. you make it very clear how much you love him and want to be with him despite everything.. but you also want the chance to love this child you have made together just as you both love the ones you already have.

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 21:19

ahh he's just called me - don't know if he's read it or not though.

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ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/09/2006 21:21

Ask him, woman..

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 21:25

didn't need to - he said he hadn't read it yet - but he'd only just to the hotel and ordered himself some dinner. But he's promised he'll read it tonight.

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Thomcat · 23/09/2006 21:26

Ohhh just caught up on all this.

Congratultions and fingers crossed your husband gets his head round this soon

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/09/2006 21:28

Ok so now relax for a bit. Have a small glass of wine of something. He knows there's a letter.. he knows what it's likely to contain. All he has to do is read it. He's not going to go mental.. he already knows you're pregnant after all; this is just about your feelings and he doesn't sound like the type of bloke to disregard them completely just because he's had a bit of a shock!

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 21:29

no wine in the house (haven't had any since the deed that got us in this mess ).

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ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/09/2006 21:31

Ah

In that case, chocolate would be good here

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 21:31

no chocolate in the house either !

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ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/09/2006 21:32

Now you're just being awkward, you stroppy pregnant tart.. ;)

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 23/09/2006 21:33

Ooops there should def be a there lest it looks ruder than I intended it to be!!!

Divvy · 23/09/2006 21:33

tut...I said get chocolate!

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 23/09/2006 21:34
  • I know you did Divvy.......
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Miaou · 23/09/2006 21:43

QoQ, i just read that letter and it made me cry - in a good way - you explain so eloquently your position. It's unequivocal - don't worry about your dh not getting where you are coming from. It's clear.

I think you have pitched it just right my love and I think you are handling it so well ... keep strong and hang in there Gwen. If your dh's faith is as strong as yours then hopefully he will recognise that God just meant this to be ... oh ((((hugs)))) to you

MoreTeaAnyone · 23/09/2006 21:50

Oh QoQ I am prying that your dh thinks and talks carefully about the situation.

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