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September 2012 Moms
IBackBevo
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May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
Would you find this strange/irritating?
IBackBevo
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I'm trying to figure out if this is me being overly sensitive or not. Here is the deal: My FIL refers to my LO as "the fetus." Not the baby. Not by his name--which he knows. Not "your son" or "my grandson." Just "the fetus." It seems strange to me. As background info, FIL has never liked me and it has been a serious problem in the past with him making this known and being rather cruel to me.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not loosing sleep over this and I know it is really a very small thing...but it just seems odd to me. What is your take?
IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
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Re: Would you find this strange/irritating?
haha, this is what we call my baby at work.
OP - I think it is strange for someone to use that term on their own accord
Emilia Antoinette
10.03.12 at 41w5d
We do not call LO "the fetus." FIL is completely doing this on his own. I really don't know if he is trying to be funny or mean or what. I think I will probably just ignore him. I'm not around him very much anyway.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
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ITA that it's not cool for another person to call your baby something like "the fetus" if you aren't yourselves saying it. He sounds like an arse.
two years!
after two losses, now happily expecting baby #1 09.16.12
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This is my FIL, too. If I let him know it bothers me (or even if DH says something to him) it will just make the behavior worse. If he knows the term bothers me, he will just use it more.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
This is my FIL, too. If I let him know it bothers me (or even if DH says something to him) it will just make the behavior worse. If he knows the term bothers me, he will just use it more.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
Yah, it's annoying and creepy.
At least he's not calling the baby, "Little <insert his name>". My FIL has been doing this and I thought it was hilarious until MIL made a suggestion to name the baby after FIL. Then it was creepy.........