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I don't know what to do

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lollipop7 · 25/07/2017 23:34

I gave up a career and a good life miles away when I feel pregnant with a man I thought I was in love with.
He asked me to marry him, told me he would always ta,e care upon us, encouraged me to take redundancy and plough it into our life together.
I'm now pregnant with our third child and si trapped and unhappy.

I have no job, no money and apart from my mum nowhere to go.
He has decided I'm good enough to have children with but not in his exact words "good enough to marry"
My credit rating has been ruined by a case of mistaken identity delisted notes of satisfaction. He's had all my money as I believed him all these years.
Last year when out second child was six months old I left before we moved house. I discovered a series of message to his drinking friends and parents that I had PND and was mentally ill. None of which is true.
He begged Me for a final chance, promised me he'd get therapy and set up a Trust Deed to acknowledge my contribution,
A year on and nothing. He is worse than ever and thanks to being pressured for sex one night I am six months pregnant.
He was out mountain biking with a friend tonight and our son managed to open two safety gates and fall halfway down the stairs. When he Came back home he was sulking and said he was obviously fine. Then two hours later he accused me of actually throwing himself down the stairs to get him home early because I am unwell and jealous of him having a life.
There are so many things I could write here but I can't face committing them all to paper, suffice to say they revolve around emotional abuse such as disdain, lies, provocation, undermining and general nastiness. He is a control freak, he cuts of my housekeeping to pay for holidays he wants. He says there is no money for luxuries but buys himself cds and booze and clothes all the time. His family are blind to his faults and I frequently come across nasty little message so where I am described as grumpy and arrogant. He is disningeous and provocative in front of my friends and family. In short he is a total bastard.
It has got so bad now that I am actually prepared to leave with nothing apart from my children in my car. The only asset I have left. He has said he holds all the cards and that he now wants to contact my midwife to tell, her I am unfit. This is because I slapped his face tonight when he accused me of injuring our son.

I just need to get something down as it is let and I don't want him to hear me on the phone to friends or my mother or sister.

I have thought about women's aid but I don't know.
I have left four times and always have to come back for immunisations, antenatal appointments, school terms etc. I feel as though all the pressure is on me. I am brimming out resentment at the uphheaval and turmoil in mine and especially my children's lives and on top of it have to get ready to give birth in three months.

He hasn't been interviewed under caution for assaulting me one night, but acts as though I think never happened and told the police commiserated with him and laughed about my desperate behaviour.
I feel as though he is trying to drive me to suicide or madness.

Just some words of advice or reassurance or comfort would be appreciated.

I feel incredibly stupid, vulnerable and lost right now.

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lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 20:48

Two weeks 😓

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Idontmeanto · 01/10/2017 20:55

When is baby due?

lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 21:04

Beginning of November

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lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 21:07

@Maelstrop I will do that re the contact order. Thanks for the tip.

I'm now forced to get an injunction as he's refusing to surrender goods even though his own solicitor has told him it's a losing battle.
The police are next to useless and tonight I've had to finally file a formal complaint against them. After seven weeks of trying to speak to any officers or get any updates it's a disgrace. They've also refused to assist at preventing a breach of the peace at his house which is full of my furniture and belongings. That's even if I have an non mol order which they've told me I'd get given his behaviour.

It is a total nightmare

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Maelstrop · 01/10/2017 21:28

Jesus, he is batshit, you poor woman :( Do you still have keys?

lollipop7 · 01/10/2017 21:29

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lollipop7 · 04/10/2017 20:07

So after lodging a formal complaint yesterday I FINALLY heard from one of the offending police forces.
What a surprise. I spent hours researching Law, CPS guidelines, College of Policing Practice and CAFCASS frameworks so they should be shitting themselves. And I won't be fobbed off again.

In hospital today for six hours for x rays and scans on my chest due to breathing problems.
Ruled out lots but now need iron transfusions so back again tomorrow.

Baby gone from breech to transverse just to top it all off.

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Frouby · 04/10/2017 21:10

Oh Op. No advice but hugs. Xxx

Pandoraphile · 04/10/2017 21:46

Good Lord. I've just read this entire thread and I am in absolute awe of you. When this is all over and you and the children are settled in your own home, I hope things will have calmed down enough for you to take immense pride in yourself.

Oh and if you live in the SE you're welcome at my house any time!

Youcanttaketheskyfromme · 04/10/2017 22:13

You're amazing OP Flowers

flutterby12 · 04/10/2017 22:33

You have a right wriggler! He must be comfy 😊 my DS was born beginning of November - it's a lovely time. I'll be thinking of you

It's ridiculous it takes a complaint for them to respond! Were they any use of just full of excuses?

I hope you feel better after the iron transfusion tomorrow.

flutterby12 · 04/10/2017 22:34

Sorry I meant lovely time of year with Bonfire night & lead up to Christmas, not a lovely time even though it is, obviously. I'll shut up now Blush

lollipop7 · 04/10/2017 22:37

@flutterby12 hello there, yes he's a wriggler that's for sure.
I'd love a bonfire night baby. Actually the other day we were joking I might have a warlock (Halloween) or an arsonist (G Fawkes) 😂😂😂

I have at least one infusion think four. All to be done before his nibs arrives 😊

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flutterby12 · 04/10/2017 22:55

😂 I was in labour over Halloween, I was quite excited at the prospect of a Halloween baby but the labour went on for bloody ages.

You'll feel a lot better after the transfusions - it's amazing stuff.

Apart from everything going on, I hope you and your children are well. They must be so excited to meet their little brother x

lollipop7 · 04/10/2017 23:02

Was he your first baby @flutterby12 ?

Yes the children are getting excited. They love patting my big tummy or my Mr greedy tummy as DS1 calls it. His little sister just says "sweeties" repeatedly at the bump 😂

I've heard these infusions are fabulous stuff. Quite excited at the prospect of not feeling quite so bloody exhausted the whole time!

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flutterby12 · 04/10/2017 23:14

@lollipop7 Yes - he turns one next month - I'm so sad at how fast it's flown. He's a little delight.

Sweeties - that's hilarious. They sound absolutely lovely. It's good that they have him to focus on as well with everything else.

Ooh you may get rosy cheeks after the infusion - no need for blusher! 😊 on a less superficial side - your energy will pick-up too.

lollipop7 · 04/10/2017 23:22

Yes it flies by @flutterby12 it really does. But he'll always be your baby!

It only seems like yesterday my three year old was a newborn, and his sister even more so.
They're everything to me, they have got me through so much. When I got back from hospital tonight they both snuggled up with me it was so lovely.

I'm all for a bit of superficiality right now - unsurprisingly 😂 - here's hoping I can bin the blusher soon 😉

And start walking the dog more who's gone a bit "cuddly!"

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flutterby12 · 05/10/2017 08:31

@lollipop7 he will - you're right!

Your son and daughter sound absolutely wonderful. They're going to be fabulous siblings for their little brother, and you a fabulous mum.

Good luck today - I hope the blusher is binned soon 😉

flutterby12 · 06/10/2017 19:27

How are you getting on @lollipop7?

lollipop7 · 06/10/2017 20:29

Hey there flutterby

How are you?

I've had an eventful week to say the least. I ended up having an ecg and a bloody lung scan on Wednesday that was fun. Six hours in hospital!
Then started my iron infusions on Thursday which was fun.

My GP doesn't think I'm up to court next week so has written a letter to this effect. I want court out of the way but to be honest I feel so ill. My solicitor wants to go for an adjournment as does my midwife. They are all concerned.

Another episode of reduced movements as well has just about finished me off.

So possibly everything on hold.
He will go absolutely nuts. Have had a string of threatening emails asking me to breach the contact order and let him have the kids. He's also continued to bully me over contact and demanding to know the date of my likely c section. So more of the same shit. Still at least he's consistent.

My solicitor said the other day he found him one of the most disdainful and dismissive individuals he had ever encountered.

So the saga rumbles on!

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Youcanttaketheskyfromme · 06/10/2017 20:36

Let him go nuts.

Pass all the threatening messages to the police and your solicitor if you haven't already.

You're doing great.

lollipop7 · 06/10/2017 20:39

@Youcanttaketheskyfromme thanks for the words of encouragement. Yes, you are right to letting him go nuts, That's exactly what I hope he will do and what I have been doing in terms of collating and logging everything, yes it's all going to solicitors and the police.

He so incredibly condescending. I cannot stand him, but I can just flatline with him now.

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flutterby12 · 06/10/2017 20:46

All good here thank you @lollipop7. DS finally asleep.

Oh gosh - did they think you had a clot? Will they bring the section forward? You are made of such strong stuff, I am in awe.

What a piece of work - he sounds like such a horrible person, and for the solicitor to say that says it all. I bet the police will be next to useless if you approached them. The midwife and GP sound very supportive. It must be a hard decision re court because in one way you want it done and dusted but in another you want to be ready for it. He's trying to wear you down, he knows exactly what he's doing. Karma will get him.

lollipop7 · 06/10/2017 20:51

@flutterby12 my two little monkeys not long drifted off to the land of nod. Downtime now!
Yes they wanted to rule out a clot as I have been so breathless and my haemoglobin levels were good, it's the ferritin stores that are shit. Anyway I'm clot free, hurrah!
Don't think they bring the section forward unless my waters break then a different story. The tightening were getting quite high on the toco meter monitor so I'm back in for monitoring.

Every time I speak to him or get any awful emails the baby seems to go nuts then really quiet. I have had a few episodes now and I think everyone is worried the court hearing will bring on labour and with a transverse or breech baby a different shade of worry is cast.

So I guess I must do what is best for him and of course me and not his scumbag father who pretends he cares but actually would chuck me under a bus.

Have a nice Friday evening, hope your DS sleeps well for you!

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Wallywobbles · 07/10/2017 13:10

Just a well done for getting this far. Good luck with the next bit. Try to remember you may not win every battle but your aim was s to win the war. Never stop with evidence collecting. It's taken 9 years but my ex has now lost parental responsibility. It's such a relief.