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pregnant from affair

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clucketycluck · 01/05/2017 06:31

Hi. Have nc'd as very ashamed by my actions. I have no doubt I am going to be flamed for everything I write but I just can't deal with everything that's going on right now without saying something.
I have been married for nearly 6 years together for 9. I come from an abusive family home and ended up with my h when I was thrown out of my home under abusive circumstances.
We plodded along and I was so happy to not be in an abusive place anymore we stayed together and got married. Years down the line I can now see that my h took advantage of my situation. He has been financially and emotionally abusive to me and probably as a result of my actions most recently physically abusive.
I started an affair with one of my PA's. So cliche and pathetic and I would do anything to go back and change things but I can't. I thought I loved him and he loved me. It turns out he just liked sleeping with me. Anyway I know the right thing to do would have been to leave h and be alone. I had a toddler dd and no access to money and I did go to womensaid but was told that where I would end up would not be a good place and because I would get equity from a house sale (not enough to buy a new place) I would get hardly any help despite having no current access to any money with my financially abusive h stopping me having even access to my own salary. The affair just allowed me to release feelings I had been suppressing for a long time but it was very wrong and I regret it deeply. I ended up having a complete breakdown and stopped working a few weeks ago and was going to see a doctor about being so down about everything but then everything went even more wrong.
Last week I found out I was pregnant by OM. I didn't know if to tell him and I tried to wait until I saw him but ended up saying it on the phone after he stood me up meeting him and he flipped out saying I'd done it on purpose and started to say some really nasty things. He's now said I've ruined his life and he wants nothing to do with it. He has said he'll come to a termination appointment with me but I don't think he'll stand by that tbh.
I keep sleeping with this guy now in fear that he will just disappear on me and I have no friends or family so have only spoken to him about it and am just desperate for him to come to the termination app tbh.
I had some bleeding the other day and I text him and he just text saying oh hope you're ok and just keeps going out with his mates and I haven't heard from him since. He's a lot younger than me and keeps saying I've ruined his life can I not see that so now I am trying to sort it out myself. I'm booked for a termination on Wednesday but I don't even know if I can go through with it. But if I don't go through with it I will be a single mum to two young children with little support. Just hurting so much right now even though I deserve it. I honestly don't think I can just get rid of this baby but I am going to really hurt a lot of people if I don't. The only person in my life right now really is my h and I don't want to hurt him as when I had my breakdown he has said he will try to help me. But I can sense that the financial abuse is starting up again since I lost my job (we never needed my wage so he took it for savings, I only worked because I didn't want to end up dependent on him but now I am) although he has acted very kindly to me recently which is making me feel worse he has started to say that I should not buy any new things for the next two months while we adjust to me not working. (This is definitely not necessary. I don't spend much anyway as he has to know about everything I buy and if I don't tell him he checks statements and questions everything)
I don't think I can tell him what's happened without him getting very angry at me. He threw me across a room last year and although that's the only physical violence I have had with him I am so scared now.
I suppose I just am interested in opinions on what I should do now. I know I deserve everything bad that happens to me but I just need to hear it all I suppose. I am so scared. I've never felt so alone. I'm awake with worry after having embarrassed myself calling OM even though I know he's still out with his mates. My h is away next week so I'm thinking that I should just terminate and put everything behind me but I am struggling with stopping the pregnancy. Sorry for long post.

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Maraudersmap1 · 11/05/2017 10:00

How are you feeling Flowers

kaitlinktm · 11/05/2017 10:01

I was thinking about you off and on all day yesterday Cluckety - I hope you're OK. Flowers

clucketycluck · 11/05/2017 18:01

Thank you. I am booked in for a surgical termination in June for when my friend is back. I was asked to have a medical one but I had been told a surgical was the easiest way to have it done in a day and my friend will be there to take me and collect me and I am so grateful that it should be over then. It's a shame that it will go on until June but I am just going to stay as focussed as I can. Other man keeps popping up here and there but I've told him he needs to go. Tbh I think he's only interested to check I'm not keeping it. He called me a string of names and gave me a load of verbal abuse after calling me whilst he was drunk the other day and it actually really helped me see things how they are. I can't believe I've been so blind and dumb. But hopefully I will get back in my feet soon. Thanks for people pointing out the good and ugly points because it has really helped.

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kaitlinktm · 11/05/2017 18:23

Definitely have nothing to do with him - can you block him from your phone? How dare he abuse you whilst drunk! I hope he doesn't know the date of the procedure, maybe you had to tell him to shut him up. Once June has been and gone you will start to pick up again. If you feel wobbly you can always come back to the thread for support.

clucketycluck · 25/05/2017 12:11

I just thought I'd leave an update and that nature decided for me. Sad

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Atenco · 25/05/2017 13:51
Flowers
Mammysin · 25/05/2017 13:59

So sorry for all that you are going through cluck 💐

gottariskitforabiscuit · 25/05/2017 14:00

I'm so sorry you're going through all of this Cluck keep your head up all will be ok Flowers

Hissy · 25/05/2017 14:24

My love, it's for the best.

a surgical procedure is not without risk, the medical one is far less intrusive.

Your H is an abuser, this OM too. please go it alone now there is nothing to stop you.

If you can access funds via a bank and ID, can you ask them to generate new cards etc and have them ready at a branch for collection? Can you tell them what is happening? I am willing to bet that banks these days are wise to the idea of financial abuse.

MamaHanji · 25/05/2017 14:42
Flowers
clucketycluck · 25/05/2017 15:23

Thanks for the replies. I went for a scan today after having more light bleeding and was told I had a mmc and they couldn't find a heartbeat. I have asked for a d&c but apparently they have no available slots so I will have to wait to see when they can do it and in the meantime wait and see what my body does. I am quite down now as they have said that I have to be an inpatient and it's before my friend gets back so I won't have anyone to come with me. But I will have to work something out. I just want it over with now.

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sleepingdragons · 26/05/2017 23:52

clucketycluck Flowers for you. This is a tough time all round isn't it.

Whatalready · 27/05/2017 07:08

Your friend will soon be here. If she is not here for the d&c she will be here to support you and comfort you afterwards and through your separation. She's coming. Think on that. This sounds awful but I'm pleased the pregnancy ended without your intervention. It will not be a source of possible regret to you in the future. You will have a better life soon. It begins with the arrival of your friend. Keep posting. Sending youFlowers

clucketycluck · 27/05/2017 07:46

I am relieved too despite having been in pregnancy fantasy world and wanting the baby until this happened.
OM kept pestering me about the pregnancy previously as I wouldn't give him a definitive answer on the abortion and kept asking if I was going to expect child maintenance?!
Ha as if I expected anything from him. I went to the hospital and text him I was losing the baby and to be fair he came to see me and I just spent the afternoon crying but then the next day he said he's here if I wanted to talk and kept saying talk to him so I text him and he didn't reply and then I got a reply hours later saying he's asleep at 7pm. Hmm yes believable on a Friday night...
Unfortunately (and obviously this is all my fault) I am now living with my H whilst crying every 5 minutes and he's looking at me like I've lost the plot.
I am praying my body holds out for the d&c as it's half term and I have my dd for the week and apparently the earliest I'll have an app. is 5th June. Thanks for the replies I am literally driving myself nuts over what has happened. I feel like I deserve it but coping with it all is another matter.

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Whatalready · 27/05/2017 09:31

You don't deserve this. You don't deserve to be with either of these men. This is a short term thing. And you are strong. Life is going to be easier, more enjoyable and independent.
Your second baby will be born in happier times. It'll happen. And then you will enjoy it and be able to tell everyone about it. xx

Take your DD to the cinema. Some local authorities put on arts and crafts days at half term. Or maybe the extra activity is what you need to jog along mother nature?
Thinking about you. Take care of yourself and ignore the H.

clucketycluck · 27/05/2017 17:22

Thanks. It would now appear OM has completely done a runner he's completely ignored my messages and I know i have to leave it now but I'm just down.
He's probably celebrating me losing the baby now! Mother Nature is doing a good job today! Just sat indoors and everything is happening now. I want to stay to stay focussed. Feel incredibly needy today and just want a hug.
I know that's not going to happen given the circumstances. There are some positives to this experience. I just want this done and am going to be a coward and wait for my friend to come back and start the divorce. Feel too useless to do it alone.

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Whatalready · 27/05/2017 20:42

You are not useless and you are certainly not a coward to be going through a miscarriage on your own with no one to comfort you. You are brave, strong and you have nothing to reproach yourself for. God you will feel emotional about losing your baby for a long time. But it wasn't meant to be just now. In the future you will hold that baby in your arms Cluckety and it'll be worth the waiting. I miscarried after not intending to get pregnant. The feeling of someone being missing lasted for six years until my baby arrived last year. I know how you feel. I am so sorry. xx I understand why you need to grieve. You did nothing wrong. It just wasn't quite your time yet.
You weren't to know that OM would turn out this way. He's a bastard. Yes he probably is relieved. He's no loss to you. There are decent men in the world though. Don't imagine you are at all interested just now.
When does your friend arrive?
I wonder if you are thinking of starting a new thread too if you're going to separate? People get all kinds of useful advice. Just wondered if it might help? Getting your ducks in a row etc.
Hope you are not in pain. You will get in touch with someone if your bleeding is excessive or painful, won't you. Your doctor has to help. 5th June is ridiculous. Have you got a number to call if you are worried?

Atenco · 28/05/2017 00:22

Flowers for you OP.

What a lovely post Whatalready

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