Divorce while pregnant

Hi mummies, my husband wants to divorce while I am halfway through my pregnancy because he doesnt feel happy in this relationship anymore. He even suggested to abort the baby. Do you think this is very selfish and cruel? What will you do if you were me? #pleasehelp

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Hi mummy. It must be really tough to go through this. Bluntly speaking, this may mean that you'll need to face the challenges that come along with it all by yourself. Be it finding a future relationship, the costs that comes with raising a child, special arrangements you'll have to make for the child.. Being halfway through the pregnancy, I believe that you've started feeling the little movements of your little one. I'm sure you had a few ultrasound scans. you've seen and the appearance of your little one - what cute hands and feet, what a nice face shape. You, thinking that your husband is cruel for suggesting the removal of the baby, proves very much that you love your child very much. The reality of life is as such.. we can't choose how the man in our lives treat us, but we can decide what we want for ourselves. You love your child, mummy. You have every right to consider all aspects and weigh the pros and cons of the situation and decide for yourself. Nobody can tell you what's right. Even if someone would tell uou what they think is right, they aren't the ones who are going to bear with the consequences of the decision. It a tough decision, but bring yourself together to decide. I've got to tell you though, I'm 6 months preggy now. My baby isn't the healthiest and has been diagnosed with pentalogy of cantrell. Go google it. High risk baby, needs plenty of operations after he's born. I wasnt even on insurance, neither am i rich. I know I'll be in deep financial s*** if I kept him. I've been given the option to keep or abort the baby. Doc straight out told me that I'd have to take a pill to stop the baby's heart if i chose abortion. Everytime i feel my little peanut kick when i said something to him, i couldn't bring myself to make that decision. imagine the heartache.. you've to stop your own baby's heart.. i went and speak to lots of doctors about the situation (to find out how the illness would affect him and all), doctors were fed up with talking to me. cried hard cos idk what to do.. but after finding out more abt the situation, ive decided to go ahead with the pregnancy. My heart feels achy even when I talk about it now cos I ever had the thought to remove him.. Be tough mummy. It will be a tough decision. I've decided to keep my little one after lots of back and forth thinking. It really depends on how much you feel for the baby and all. It should be about you now since that @ don't deserve a say in this now. Relating to your relationship, only you would know better. Is it that he's saying this as a spite or does he mean it? Only you would know better. There are diff ways to deal with this agree? Think carefully, put in the effort to find out what's ahead if you keep the baby, and what to do with the hub. Once you made a decision, don't look back. No regrets cos you thought thoroughly through this. I hope I'm not too late in my response. I wish I could hug you my fellow sister. Be strong, make the decision only when you're well informed. Lots of uncertainty, yes, but that's how life is.

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