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I need some advice , my baby dad is threating to get legal involved as he wants rights as the father. Baby is not born yet not until march. I have a 2 year old son (not heās) and have had full custody of him since he was born. i have said i donāt want my the unborn dad on birth certificate or the baby to have heās last name due to wanting both kids to have mine (we are not married) . The stuff heās saying itās like itās heās way or no way told me i canāt breastfeed and wants to take the baby for 2 hours every weekend when heās born i said no not until heās 4/5 months and not on boob. Heās a ex alcoholic and pretty sure he still drinks and suffers bad with bpd and ADHD i just feel like im in a loop what i do. Do i block him on everything and just see if he takes me to court or try and be civil which dont work because he plays the victim
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GIVE BIRTH ALONE DON'T TELL HIM WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO LABOR
WHY CAUSE YOU CAN SIGN THE BC WITHOUT HIM WHICH WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR HIM TO HAVE ACCESS AND YOU FILE FOR FULL CUSTODY DUE TO HIS PREVIOUS DRINKING ISSUES AND THE FACT HE WON'T LET YOU BE A MOM CAUSE TELLING YOU NOT TO BREAST FEED IS WILD.
Start collecting evidence !
Well just state that his mental disorder and his alcohol habit requires him to have supervised visitation
Iām guessing youāre in the U.K. in which case:
1. You donāt have to put him on the birth certificate
2. 100% DO NOT give your baby his surname
3. Make notes and keep evidence just in case it is needed for family court
The thing is, despite all the above, he is the childās father and your child will one day want to know them. So in that respect, unless there is abuse involved, itās always best to try and remain amicable co-parents.
If heās stressing you out whilst you are pregnant, I would send him one message and let him know youāre not about to put up with any nonsense and that you are going to block him. Then let him know your solicitor will be in touch with him after babyās birth regarding visitation and any child maintenance payments etc.
In the meantime, you do need to find a solicitor who will help with this. His no breastfeeding delusions are exactly that. You feed baby however you like. No judge is going to seperate a mum from her newborn.
Theres nowhere a judge is sending a newborn away from their mom like that. Say to him the baby is not born yet, we will make contact arrangements when the baby is born but until then theres nothing more to discuss as you are causing me a great deal of stress and threatening to take the baby and making demands already. Im pretty sure he cant apply until baby is born to court and by the time it goes to court baby wouldnt be newborn. I would be mostly concerned about the alcohol. March is a way off yet, block him until then for your own sanity. The time and space may make everything calm down and may even make him realise he needs to back off and come back with a calmer approach
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I need some advice , my baby dad is threating to get legal involved as he wants rights as the father. Baby is not born yet not until march. I have a 2 year old son (not heās) and have had full custody of him since he was born. i have said i donāt want my the unborn dad on birth certificate or the baby to have heās last name due to wanting both kids to have mine (we are not married) . The stuff heās saying itās like itās heās way or no way told me i canāt breastfeed and wants to take the baby for 2 hours every weekend when heās born i said no not until heās 4/5 months and not on boob. Heās a ex alcoholic and pretty sure he still drinks and suffers bad with bpd and ADHD i just feel like im in a loop what i do. Do i block him on everything and just see if he takes me to court or try and be civil which dont work because he plays the victim
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