I just gave birth 4 days ago. My child's father is an abusive alcoholic that I'm trying to fully separate from. I went to my local social services today and applied for low income housing and SNAP (Already receive WIC and my pregnancy medicaid last until my daughter is 3 months old)
However, I am anxious as hell over this. I had to leave my job at 34 weeks pregnant because I could no longer lift the 20-50 pound shipment boxes. I'm 19 and the only work experience I have is retail. I have a GED. I cannot go back to work until I get the clear from my Dr at 6 weeks post partum, which seems like an eternity away.
I'm trying to figure out the logistics. My daughter's father does work and mostly pays the bills but his spending on alcohol takes up just about every other dollar. I'm down to less than 200 dollars from my savings. I will be going for child support when we fully separate ( the social worker I met with today told me I couldn't go after him for child support until we are no longer living together). And I am hoping I can either go back to my previous job or find something that pays more than $9 an hour but I also have to be realistic.
Other single parents, how do you manage? To say I'm not scared of the future would be a lie. I just want to make sure my daughter is taken care of.
August 19, 2019 at 09:58PM
