Alicia G

I've been dating my boyfriend for over a year and a half now. We moved in together this last January. I have a 5 year old daughter and he has a 10 year old son and a 9 year old daughter. We have his kids every other week and my daughter Full time. It seems like I'm becoming the only parent in the home. He is working long days and I am self employed. Because I'm self employed he takes advantage of the fact that I am home so I can be with the kids when needed. I have to make sure his kids get to school....are picked up from school...do their homework....get to extra curricular activities.....eat supper and so on. My daughter is in preschool in the a.m. After school she goes to daycare until 5 and on Wednesday's she has dance. I'm able to get a lot of work done. When we have his kids I take them all to school at the same time...but I pick mine up at 11 drop her off at daycare and then the other two at 3:30....then His daughter has dance on Monday nights at 5 then we pick my daughter up from daycare and I am just not able to get done what I need to. On top of that I do most of the house work and make super most nights. He works till 7 or 8 at night. I'm still expected to pay my half of the bills but how can I do that when I am not able to get all my work done when we have the kids here? How would you handle this situation? I'm stressed beyond max:-(

My boyfriend/hubby have been living together for 6 months. He has 2 kids 8 and 10 who we have every other week. I have one daughter who is 4 fulltime. I work from home and I'm feeling very taken advantage of. I have my 4 year old go to daycare during the day so I can work and have some time to myself. Well now that summer has come and the kids are out of school my Hubby expects me to watch them on the weeks that we have them. He only works wed and thurs 12 hr shifts. But he cant sit at home on his days off so he goes out fishing and to the bar and what not leaving me with the kids. Is it wrong of me to be upset? I try talking to him about taking control over the kids on his days off so I can work...this last week he's only spent 48 hours with them total and it's been all me taking care of them. He makes me feel bad that I've said anything at all. Claiming he wont ever ask me for anything again and I can just worry about me and my daughter. UGH! I'm feeling so alone. Blending two families is SOOO hard!

Or snuggled next to me. His eyes don't stay open long and he seems weak. What do I do? I love my bird and he is making me nervous:(

My 4 week old daughter gets so gassy and fusses and cries. It seems there is nothing i can do to make her feel better. She is breastfed and i havent eaten nething that would make he gassy. Does neone have ne advice on what to do? I feel soooo bad.

I have insomnia really bad...I have tried ambien and am currently trying visteral (sp?) with no luck. Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do?? Help I'm exhausted, just can't seem to fall asleep and stay asleep.

My fluid level has been really good like 12-16 range. On Friday they checked my fluid and it was only 7. The nurse thought that it was serious and the dr. didn't think it was to serious and to keep a watch on me. I'm going back tomorrow to see what the levels are. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what happened. Thanx

I'm 31 weeks 5 days and I'm having lots of pain and pressure in my vaginal area....so much so it's swollen down there. Is this normal??? Babies head is engaged and has been for the last week. I've been feeling this way for a few days and sometimes the pain is unbearable. Has any one else had this problem??

I'm 10 weeks pregnant 2day with a high risk pregnancy. My husband of 3 years left me and wont help out financially with my bills while I'm unable to work because he says he doesnt have the $$$. Is there some place where I can get financial help when I can't work?? I'm a nanny and the state wont see that I can get unemployment...where do I go and what do I need to do??? Thanx

I've been married for 3 years and during that time we had 2 babies that didn't make it do to very complicated pregnancy circumstances. In the 1st week of January my husband left me. 3 weeks later i found out i was pregnant with his child. He now lives with his sister rent free and just bought a really expensive nice car...Because of the previous pregnancies this pregnancy is automatically high risk and I wont be able to work past 16 weeks of being pregnant. I'm 10 weeks now and I need help on how to get some help financially from him. He says he doesn't have money that he can help me out with but I need his help!!!! How do I go about finding legal aid that is really really cheap. Because I'm broke. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get help financially??

Hi I'm 9 weeks pregnant today:-) I have had two previous pregnancies that ended at 27 and 22 weeks because of premature rupture of membranes. (Babies didn't make it)I'm kinda nervous as to be expected with this pregnancy because the likely hood of something going wrong is rather high. So far I've felt fine and everything has been normal. Yesturday I noticed that I was feeling a lot of pressure kindof on my cervix. It's come and gone throughout all last night and then into today. I don't remember if this happened b4 with my other pregnancies. It kindof feels like my insides might fall out....I'm also experiencing cramping and lots of gas. Could it be that I'm just bloated??? Is this normal???

I have a friend who is married to a crazy woman who cheated on him atleast 5-10xs. She left him around the beginning of the year.. While they were seperated he met a girl that he really likes and wants to get to know better. Then his wife came back asking for them to work things out. He took her back and told the other girl that he doesn't know for sure what he wants. Now he has his wife in his home but doesn't want to fix things with her because he likes this other girl better. He just doesn't know how to tell his wife that it's over.What should I tell him to do.... He is really confused!!! I am in my own mess of things right now and have no clue what to tell him...

I am in a very bad situation. My husband of almost 3 years decided early this month that he was no longer happy with me and wanted out of our marriage. This came out of the blue!! So I tried to move on and last week found out that I am pregnant. This is my 3rd pregnancy with him but have lost the other babies due to premature rupture of membranes. Now he has moved on and is sleeping with his sister's sister (gross right) and doesn't want to be with me even though I am carrying his kid. I'm so sad to be going through this pregnancy thing without a partner to share it with. My mom is helping me out a great deal but it's not the same as having an excited partner with me. I don't want to be single right now. Whether that means being with my ex or finding another guy. But no guy will want a chick who's pregnant with someone elses baby right. What do i do??? I'm so lost right now!!!

My husband and I need to buy a new car and are low on funds. Has ne one tried getting a car from carhop?? Is it really more expensive in the long run??

My lab/rott/golden mix has hip dysplasia and I'm noticing that she has more and more pain everyday. She doesn't play anymore and lays around all the time. When she walks you can just see all the muscles tighten up in her thighs to support her weight. I feel so bad. I am a college student and our funds are really tight so I don't have the money to spend on meds that are very expensive each month. What would you guys do?? Is it to drastic to be thinking about putting her down before she is in so much pain that she can't move?? What should I do??

I recently was over at my best friends house. She has a 2 year old son who is just wonderful. When I was over there I noticed that my friends roommate had some weed on the floor. I caught her son in his room playing with the bong. Then a few days ago I stopped by without lettin her know I was coming. When I opened the door her son was covered in ashes from the ash tray and the house was a total disaster. He couldn't even walk accross the floor without tripping and falling down. I called the police and filled a report stating that I think the child is in a dangerous environment. I love my friend to death but I dont' believe that it's OK to let her kid live that way. If I don't speak up then nobody else will. Anyways I was wondering if anyone else would have done the same thing or If I made a mistake by tattling on my friend. Thanks for the answers.

My husband made a profile for himself 4 months ago saying that he's married and he's bored with his sex life and looking to have some fun with other chicks. I found it last night. He lied his *** off and told me it wasn't him. After an hour of accusing him he finally came clean and admitted to posting it but said he didn't have sex with anyone else and swears he's never cheated on me. I'm sooo frustrated and hurt. What do I do. I can't trust him anymore but I love him to death. What are your opinions as to what I should do?? Thanx

I would like to get him something more then just a card but I have no clue what to get him!!! He's not really into very much but his computer games. We are both college students and our money is really tight so it would have to be very inexpensive. Thanks for all the advice in advance.

I have had 2 pregnancies in the past and both went horribly wrong. With my first pregnancy my water broke at 22 weeks(non viable gestation for the baby) and I was able to keep the pregnancy going for an extra 5 weeks. I delivered my daughter and she died 12 hours later because her lungs had never developed due to the constant leaking of amniotic fluid. The Docs said that it was a fluicky thing and it probably wouldn't happen agian. Well, with my second pregnancy my water broke at 21 weeks, my son was born still 10 hours later because my placenta had abrupted do the it's placement when my water broke. I'm a big puzzle to the doc's and they don't know whats wrong with me. I want to have another baby but I don't know how to get over the fear of this happening again. They said I would be monitored more closely next time and I would be seeing a Parenatologist (High risk pregnancy specialist) but it doesn't ease my mind any. I really want a baby but am soo scared about it happening again.

It's my 22nd birthday and my husband and I are trying to decide what to do. Every time we do something it's dinner and a movie. I'm getting sick of the same old thing everytime. Does anyone have any good suggestions for what to do on a birthday when you don't have much money to spend? Thanx