Oh Sweetheart, you poor love. How DARE anyone hit you? (BTW, an ex-boyfriend of mine once hit my face and left a bruise, my mother told me if I ever came home with a bruise on my face again she'd stop me seeing him... being a mother myself now, I can't imagine not beating the crap out of anyone who hit my child, but to just brush it aside...) You're doing the best thing by getting out of that relationship and PLEASE don't let anyone make you feel otherwise.

I broke up with said ex-boyfriend because I realised if he could hurt me then if we had children what would he do to them? I wasn't about to put a child through that. That's the only reason I had for leaving at the time. Just keep remembering that you want your beautiful to grow up knowing that she's worthy of love, and an abusive father around will never teach her that.