Need a way out

[newmummy85]

I'm nearly 25 weeks pregnant with my first DD, over the moon excited for her arrival, but been single since 5 weeks, when I came back to Australia from the UK.

XP lives in the UK (I met him over there) and we ended for complicated reasons that I can't even begin to go into, but I'm not sure that we could ever get back together now; too much has happened. I don't know for sure yet how involved he wants to be.

Anyway, since I came back to Australia in May this year, I have been living with my folks in the town I grew up in. My parents are great, they have been so supportive and they have a nice house where I can stay and live comfortably, but I am going crazy here.

I'm finding that I am starting to resent them because I am stuck living here, even though I know it's not their fault and they are helping me out heaps. They get on my nerves and I'm getting agitated more easily, not because they're annoying, but because I'm so frustrated with these circumstances.

I want to be able to be independent like I always have been, and to feel like an adult again, instead of a 16 year old school girl (not that they treat me like a kid-hopefully you know what I mean). I desperately want to go back overseas, but I can't figure out a way of making it work financially. All I know is that I can't stay living like this for much longer, or I will unwillingly start to ruin the great relationship I have with my parents.

What can I do? I want my DD to have a nice, comfortable life, so just moving out and getting my own flat in this town doesn't really make sense to me. The bottom line is, home is where the heart is, and my heart is not in Australia.

[bon]

If you can, I would hold off moving or doing anything until after you have had your DD. Believe me, having the support and help of your parents will be invaluable after the birth