it just sunk in today when i saw joey, that hes not gonna be around for anything. not during the majority of the pregnancy or for the birth. all my friends out here are going to iraq. his family lives in iraq and are gonna help when they can, my mom lives in ohio. my dad lives in MO and doesnt know yet. i gotta say now that its sunk in that he wont be here im really scared. im happy but nervous that im gonna be doing all this by myself. and yes i realize that alot of moms go thru this by themselves b/c the father of the child bails out. but this isnt the case. im sorry i had to just let this out.
i have friends but they are all leaving in late october/early november for iraq(like joey) oh well, ill just have to suck it up. doesnt mean im not scared
you' will probably have a few rough times here and there but you'll learn alot through it and you'll probably become tougher and more independant in the end you'll be very proud of yourself.i think you'll do fine
my sister had to go through almost the entire pregnancy alone [my brother-in-law is in the marines and he got sent to iraq] and she thought she was gonna have to give birth by herself but he ended up getting sent home early [which was very lucky] as long as you have support around you [i happend to be living with her during her pregnancy, so that helped] then you will be fine. good luck though, i know it will be hard.
The fathers leaving for Iraq soon? At least this way you'll have him around for most of the time you have a newborn. I know it's gotta be tough, but this way he'll have a break once the little girl/guy is needing diaper changes. This does have to be pretty tough Syra. I don't really believe in prayer or anything, but I know you'll do fine. Best wishes.
thanks. he wont be back from iraq til january of 2008. by that time the baby will be 10 months or so. oh well. i will find support. we picked out baby names tho ily sofia battaglia ( if its a girl) joseph serafino battaglia(if its a boy) ok so hi!
i dont know. i would like to think he would want to get married but i dont think that is going to be the case. but im not gonna pressure him. ya know? im not gonna get myself into a marriage with someone who doesnt really want to be married. he loves me and is supportive of the pregnancy and will take care of both the baby and i. thats good enough.....
Congratulations on your courage of going through a pregnancy alone. Being pregnant myself, I don't know if I'd have that kind of courage to deal with this without my boyfriend. My condolences also, I know it must be tough having this situation going on. Don't stress, though, it won't be good on your baby. Also, congratulations on being pregnant. I love those names you have picked out! Sofia is one of my favorite names. If your man doesn't want to get married before he leaves, it's best to leave it at that. Marrying because of a child, from what I've seen, never has a happy ending....I'm sure in some cases it does....but the ones I've seen, haven't. It's great that he's going to take care of his new family. Perhaps some day you'll get married, but don't push him into it, or he may not stick around. Good luck with the pregnancy and getting through his leaving. Just surround yourself with a great support system and keep thinking good thoughts.
thank you for the encouraging words. i dont plan on pressuring him about anything. i know how that goes just from observing other peoples relationships. hes good to me and thats what i ask of him.
