Pregnant and the father is married. Help!

Note: Post updated below… A distraught pregnant young woman contacted us today to ask our advice. Here’s her dilemma: The father is a married man who urged her to conceive promising he would leave his wife and marry her. We know that some of you have faced similar circumstances. Or you’ve offered emotional support to [...]

Breaking up when you’re pregnant

  We received this upsetting e-mail from a pregnant first-time single mom: “My boyfriend seemed to share my joy about having a baby. We’d been talking about starting a family for a while now, and he knew that I was trying. My sister has fertility issues, so postponing trying to conceive seemed a foolish gamble.” [...]