It seems like everyone else has given you pretty good advice - so I don't really have that much to add.
I would go to a lawyer and see what kind of advice they would give you. And like you said, if he wouldn't be happy to hear that you're pregnant, he could try and persuade you into doing something that you don't want to do.
As another commenter said, you don't have to put his name on the birth certificate. If you don't want your child to grow up around a person like this, I think you're making the right decision - and then, if your child would want to know his/her father when they reach sixteen or seventeen, then it would be their decision.
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Date: 2005-06-28 07:35 pm (UTC)I would go to a lawyer and see what kind of advice they would give you. And like you said, if he wouldn't be happy to hear that you're pregnant, he could try and persuade you into doing something that you don't want to do.
As another commenter said, you don't have to put his name on the birth certificate. If you don't want your child to grow up around a person like this, I think you're making the right decision - and then, if your child would want to know his/her father when they reach sixteen or seventeen, then it would be their decision.
Best of luck!