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My boyfriend (27yrs) of two years and I (24yrs) are pregnant. Well, I'm pregnant of course. We live together, and are in the process of buying and rehabbing our first house. We get along really well, talk instead of fight, and generally are happy people.
However, the pregnancy was completely unexpected and I fear it is going to ruin us. I have Polycystic Ovaries, and I was told by more than one doctor, on more than one occasion that if I wanted to have children I would have to take fertility drugs, because I wasn't ovulating, thus no periods/etc. We used spermicide as a precaution, and agreed that we wanted to wait until we had a 'lot' of money before having a baby. That being said, we make 72k/yr combined (I make a little more, but it is pretty 50/50), so we are not by any means poor. We got the house for 60k with all the work rolled into the loan because it was in foreclosure when we bought it.
So, when I found out I was pregnant, I was scared, because I knew he would push for abortion and he did. I said I didn't want to be bullied into getting one, and that I don't want to be rash in my decision and regret it later. He said he knows I would be sad if I aborted, but that he would help me. I replied that I don't think I'd want his support, because I would probably be angry with him.
He won't even entertain the idea of parenting. He just says that he is depressed and miserable, because he feels like his life is over. I pointed out that plenty of people do it with far less than what we have, and they are happy. His response was 'I am not them.'
I also added that they were children can change people, and he said he doesn't want to change.
He won't leave, though. He told me he loves me and will marry me and be with me no matter what. But now what I am afraid of is that if I keep the baby, he will never be the same and will always be unhappy, and if he didn't love his child I think that would kill me. But if I abort to keep him happy, then I will never be the same.
I don't know what to do. I love him so much, and I know he loves me too, but one of us has to lose here. All I can think is that if we have the baby, he might come around, but if we don't, I don't think I'll ever forgive myself. I tried asking him if we could go see a counselor together and he said no.
So far only my family knows, because I am unsure of how far along I am until Monday's appointment. Their advice is to dump him and have the baby -- but I don't want to do that. I want him to realize that a baby is not a terrorist weapon, and that while our lives will take a big change, it doesn't have to be a bad one.
Barring anything else, I could tell his mother and watch her clobber him -- but I like to be fair.
What can I do to keep him from being so depressed? How can I show him that it might not be so bad? Should I consider the abortion? Has anyone else been through this?

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