So my boyfriend of 4 years decided he needed to take a step back after finding out I was pregnant with our first child (my first, his second) . He’d been having a hard time mentally for a while and said he just needed time to work on his mental health, which I 100% understand and told him I would support him in any way I could.

He started therapy and told me his therapist recommended he not see me as me being pregnant is a factor that is causing him stress. This was over 12 weeks ago, and I’m almost 20 weeks pregnant now.

I’ve seen him once (my 12 week appointment for baby) and that’s it. We text every day but it’s just so hard and heartbreaking to not get to see or hear him.

He also told me last week that he quit therapy, and that he doesn’t think he’s going to get better. It just makes me so frustrated because he did seem like he was getting somewhere with the therapy but now I feel like I’m right back to square one.

I just don’t know what to do anymore. I’m losing hope and I’m terrified about going through pregnancy and raising our child by myself.