g'morning sweeties. wow. hard to know what to say, in general, now. .......
you know, i hope jenn is ok...haven't seen any posts from her for a while either, and mommyV, TTC, and DM. hmmm....seems we have quite a few ding dongs who've been MIA on and off.
well, so i'm leaving off the soy this cycle. wait and see what the doctor says about anything. i'm really excited for my appt on tues...really hoping it will finally lead to bfp for us.
my kids father is a total twat too girls. he sees my kids once/month, IF that. and that ONLY b/c that's what the court order says now and b/c he's engaged so trying to keep up a good impression for his very young fiance.
phoebs, all my kids have his last name, and i don't believe it would have changed how custody proceedings went if they hadn't. here in US, i think the issue is more of who's listed as father on birth certificate rather than who's name they carry, then they consider his involvement in their lives and the role he's played. if he's been very involved, then it's harder to get sole custody. but my kids live with me...my ex has "shared parental responsibility" with me, but I am considered the "primary custodial parent" for living arrangements and such. it's complicated. i wouldn't accept it any other way. my ex is one of those that talks big about wanting the kids and has tried to take them away from me, but he only does it so his parents maintain sympathy and keep paying for everything in his life for him and to make me look like a b*tch for "taking his kids away from him." pfffttt. whatever.
the dick doesn't want them and never has. sorry...ANYway.... i say that about the birth cert b/c one of my sisters had a "one night stand" with a guy she knew in college and ended up pregnant from it. she had my beautiful and adorable identical twin nieces
but, right after she got pg, she started dating this amazing guy, and they ended up getting married. the "sperm donor" didn't want anything to do with my sister for the pg or responsibility or anything, esp after he found out it was twins, so my sister decided to put her husband's name on the birth cert as father. legally, there's NOTHING the sperm donor can do in the future to sue for custody w/o getting a dna test first, and for that, he'd have to get a court order as well. so that's why (at least here in the states anyway) it's more important what you put on the birth cert as father than for the surname anyway. i've known some women who leave it blank.
but phoebe, hun, as far as your dreams go sweetie, i think it's completely normal for you to be worried about what will happen and such. and you know our dreams are how we work out what's bothering us. it doesn't necessarily mean that you don't feel secure in your relationship, but we all have those little underlying fears and worries, or subconcious concerns that we never really talk about. especially during pg, i think all of that gets worse. so try not to put too much stock in it luv. you know your oh better than anyone sweetie. don't let the "what ifs" overwhelm you hun. we can't live that way or we'd never get anything accomplished