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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.

OP posts:
Suninseptember · 06/09/2017 09:35

OP, I have just read this thread.
Keep going, you are nearly there.
We are all proud of you here on Mumsnet and rooting for you.
Keep posting here for support.
How is your mum?

altiara · 06/09/2017 17:08

IP you are amazing. Stay strong Flowers

Gemini69 · 08/09/2017 15:26

Flowers OP... sending warm thoughts and best wishes

StrawberryMummy90 · 08/09/2017 15:49

Just read this whole thing..OP I have no words..you are amazing, a true inspiration and a wonderful role model for your beautiful children. Stay strong he will not break you, not a chance. You've got this x

lollipop7 · 08/09/2017 19:30

Once again thanks to you all for your lovely words of kindness and encouragement.

Had a final meeting today with my solicitor before the hearing on Monday morning. I a, very nervous and very tired but just got to believe in myself. I have printed off some of the ludicrous emails he's sent as,king me to go home the same week he filed those hateful court papers as well as messages texted to me that I was a wonderful mother and he now saw what he was doing wrong.

Hopefully it will go my way. I am truly dreading seeing him.

My lovely Mum is tired but she's being an amazing tower of strength. I don't know what I would do without her. My sister is still ignoring us both and still seething that I am living there. I genuinely think she'd rather I was in a refuge.

In hospital yesterday for hours getting emergency scan. All is well thankfully apart from having a transverse baby!

OP posts:
lollipop7 · 10/09/2017 10:31

So had my third attempt at a 4d scan yesterday and finally saw my gorgeous baby. It has lifted my spirits

Just mentally trying to prepare for tomorrow. I can't sleep and barely eating, and been sick three times since 4am I am terrified. The thought of seeing him is making me so anxious.

I was wondering if anyone had some advice on how to get through the first hearing since you left the home. I have lots of emails and evidence to share about him effectively lying on the court papers and abusing phone contact as well as MARAC forms and HV / Women's Refuge Organisation and nurseries and Family Workers supporting me but I still know he is capable of disgraceful audacity and lies so feel very much like it's in the lap of the Gods.

Any advice, tips or success stories, well I could do with them right now 😓

OP posts:
Gemini69 · 10/09/2017 10:40

Good morning lovely... I don't have any advice about tomorrow but wanted to wish you all the best... I imagine someone who has experience of these things will be along shortly...

You're a tower of strength... he cannot touch you and certainly cannot approach you in Court.... remember that Flowers

lollipop7 · 10/09/2017 10:43

@Gemini69 thanks for your kind words. I am sat here in tears, literally shaking I have never felt so scared.
I keep having nightmares the judge hands the, over to him and I just collapse. My mum hears ,e crying and shouting in my sleep it's awful.

I feel like I am looking down on myself going through this

OP posts:
Gemini69 · 10/09/2017 10:55

you might be experiencing an 'out of body panic attack' Lady... it's common .. you're not losing control but you are suffering from immense anxiety... it's easier said that done but you ARE going to be ok... Flowers

try not to isolate yourself.. try to get into a routine of chatting with others.. even mundane conversation will distract you from the issues you're enduring... anything that distracts you.. will help Flowers

RandomMess · 10/09/2017 17:08
Flowers

You have made huge strides in the last couple of months, KOKO

lollipop7 · 10/09/2017 18:23

So he has avoided my asking what he is bringing up for the baby and why.
And it turns out that the reason why is he isn't bringing most of the items is because he has hired the smallest car possible and "nothing fits in it"

Guess applying for that injunction is inevitable now.

I am going to have to chew my hands off in court tomorrow to stop myself throttling the shit.

Still makes him look a great father doesn't it. Not. Another ball in my court hopefully

OP posts:
RandomMess · 10/09/2017 18:40

He is going to try and keep you engaged and string it out as long as possible hoping that you change your mind...

lollipop7 · 10/09/2017 19:46

Random you are right. I have sent him a remarkably civil email in response as I know he is dying to drive me into a rage. No, I'm grey rock right now!
I am amazed he doesn't see how badly this all reflects on him. Guess it all goes to show it's more about hurting me than showing he cares for his children. Pathetic.

He actually told me in his email he was looking forward to seeing the children tomorrow. Dream on.

OP posts:
lollipop7 · 10/09/2017 23:37

He has really lost the plot now.

Tonight via email he informed me that he would only let e get some of my possessions once the court had given him access. Then it would only be some of them because the children would be coming to stay with him and they needed their things that I had paid for , there for them and not in their home with me.

He appears to be on the throes of a mental breakdown and it worries me greatly that he could actually.ly get access. His contempt for my rights in Law and what he can and can't dl to me is breathtaking and it is already transferring itself like a shadow onto our children.

It's draining.

OP posts:
outofmymind2 · 10/09/2017 23:41

No advice OP but just wanted to offer a handhold and say I think you're doing absolutely amazingly.

Keep your head up and keep doing what you're doing, you seem fantastic & a wonderful mother Flowers

geologyrocks · 11/09/2017 00:20

Good luck tomorrow x

dubmumof2 · 11/09/2017 00:50

OP I really hope you are managing to get some sleep tonight. Just read your thread tonight and I'm truly in awe of how you have managed, fought for your children and resisted all of his pressure so far....tomorrow may be terrible, there will be more bad days along this journey but never forget how far you've come and the strength you've shown in getting here. A stumble or two doesn't mean that you have or will fail, you know in your heart that you and your children will find a way through this....grey rock for now...

A handhold for tomorrow and a really well done for so far Flowers

Cambionome · 11/09/2017 07:21

Good luck op - stay strong. Flowers

RandomMess · 11/09/2017 07:34

Nah he's just being the same old controlling nasty bully who is desperately trying to maintain control and doesn't want to accept that the law applies to him!

He thinks your stupid enough to believe him over your solicitor. Do not waste energy thinking or feeling sorry for him. Detach detach detach.

Flowers thinking of you today!

13Crows · 11/09/2017 07:38

Good luck Flowers

Footle · 11/09/2017 08:01

He hasn't even done as his own solicitor advised. Yes you feel terrified as anyone would at this point. But realistically it doesn't sound as if he has a hope in hell of taking the children from you.
All good wishes for today.

PrimarkOnTheFloor · 11/09/2017 08:04

Good luck todayFlowersFlowers

hellsbellsmelons · 11/09/2017 08:18

I hope it goes OK today.
Keep calm.
Give and show the facts and all should be fine.
Good luck - you are doing so well.

kaiserschmarrn · 11/09/2017 08:24

Have been following your thread, lollipop. I am so sorry you have had to suffer all this. Good luck today. Flowers

Groovee · 11/09/2017 08:44

Thinking of you today.