Sorry to be meeting you under such circumstances hun!

He cannot opt not to support you if you have the baby - here in australia he will have to by law - and if you are going to be able to claim any assistance from centrelink you will have to allow the child support agenciy to collect money from him.

Chin up hun and all the best with your decision, you have to do what is right for you, not what is right for a man who wants nothing to do with you.

I actually think now that it would have been easier to go it alone when DD was born! ( i was 19 but stayed with her father for quite a while).