We had a Noreaster up here in Massachusetts yesterday. We received eight inches of snow and then sleet and freezing rain for the rest of the day. My sister, Kelly, is 7 1/2 months pregnant. The baby's father decided that fatherhood is really not what he wants, so he has been gone since shortly after she discovered that she is pregnant. They were engaged.
Anyway, I am going to be the god-mother, and I am going to be in the delivery room with her when my niece is born. She went into false labor yesterday, and she lives 100 miles away from me, on Cape Cod. I almost got into the car to do the drive, but the contractions stopped, just before I was leaving. I would have been frustrated if I made the drive in the storm for a false alarm, but I had better get everything ready to make the mad dash out of the house......
oh, that is crazy...100 miles huh. And that stinks that the father of her baby wasn't man enough for the job. We didn't get as much snow as you down here but we got plenty of ice
"The baby's father decided that fatherhood is really not what he wants."
I've been sitting here trying to process this one. There are just SO many answers.
Go ahead and give me his contact information, and we can eliminate all of the other superficial solutions. He didn't want to keep his masculine parts anyway, did he...???
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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
(Dumbledore to Harry Potter)
If you need anything to help with that mission Moore, I'll gladly help. I've found that threatening those special parts with a grapefruit spoon can render some interesting responses.
I know that it is a sad situation for my sister, but unfortunately reality. He denied paternity, but at least supplied a DNA sample to be matched up against the amneocentesis results. My sister is 38, and a high risk pregnancy, so the test (amneo) had to be done. He is the daddy.
He served my sister with papers to terminate all of his legal parental rights.....
My sister has a good attitude, and although she becomes weepy at times, she is thrilled about welcoming her daughter into the world. Her name is going to be Madison Joy. My sister has a 10-year-old son, from her first marriage. My nephew is THRILLED about his little sister.
I tell my sister that she has yet to meet the man who is going to be my niece's daddy. Because being there at conception does not make someone a daddy, it's all of the actions that are needed to raise and nurture a child.
Aunty Sophia is thrilled about her new niece, and let me tell you, internet shopping and shipping directly to my sister's house is GREAT! She did not have a car seat purchased yet, and yesterday morning I went online to target.com and the car seat, stroller, sleepers, bibs, blankets and about 20 other things were ordered and are in the mail to their house. Darn, if that little one decides to put in an early appearance, all the things needed will be there, and to reduce some of my sister's stress.
I have to go get ready for another day in the office. This working for a living is so time consuming!
Sophia you are an awesome sister. She is lucky to have someone like you on her side, and when you say he gave her paperwork terminating his rights, does that mean she cant sue for child support? Anyways, sounds like despite the asshole dad she is doing alright.
