Week 35 – 5 weeks left

As it's not the norm for a man to leave his pregnant girlfriend, so what's the etiquette for paying maintenance while waiting for the baby to be born?

I say etiquette because there is no law saying the man has to pay anything whilst we wait for the baby to arrive. The law (CSA) only demands money (15% of earnings) when the baby is born. I can’t work, I’m tired, dizzy brained and I waddle everywhere. Peeing is my full time job. My bladder is my new boss and he works me hard, all the hours of the night. I’m on call 24/7. I get into bed at night but I know its just a ritual I’ll be up 7 times before I actually go to sleep I should just wear a nappy or sleep in the bath…

The baby is already taking after her mother, she likes to stay up late and kick off
She bodypops in my womb. I'm not sure what she doing, but it always starts at midnight. If I had a job now there’s no way I’d be a perky employee at 9am. I’ve got a waddle a duck would be proud of.

I’d like to add here that I always thought pregnant women put that waddle on a bit, y’know, 'oooh my back' ... waddle, I thought it was cos of the weight of the bump, but no it’s the pelvis moving to make way for the baby.

My EX said “I’m paying you a wage! I mean when are going back to work?”
Um well I havn’t even had the baby yet…gimme a break…

This is a man who encouraged me to have a baby, coming up with baby names in week 3 of our relationship. His Valentine card read, “my darling looking forward to the rest of our life together".

I can only feel sorry for him. Is he insane? How could he have suddenly changed his mind? When we split up he said, “I was a crap boyfriend but I promise I’ll be a great dad”. Er, he’s clearly a man who does not know his own mind, so what kind of father will he be?

if he changes his mind about being a good father. He changed his mind about being with me and us being a family so how can I trust him?

I don’t want to be financially dependant on him but until the baby comes I’m at his mercy. This is all about power and now he has it. Ironically, he probably feels like I'm the one with the power as he is the one having to go to work. Hmmm it’s not all about money is it?

You see if he was a clever twat and not just a stupid twat he should have waited to leave me, that way he wouldn’t have to pay for 3 people’s homes!