[blparent] Involvement of Child Services (was introduction, expecting)

[Jessica Trask]

Hi,

 What do you do when it's not the hospital staff but other family 
members whom don't think you can raise your own child  I first 
oringially thought that it was my mom in the beginning whom had 
reported at the time my fiancee and I. So, I was actually shocked to 
find out that that wasn't the case. It seems to be members of my family 
that don't think we can do it. We've had the support of both my now 
boyfirends sister and her husband since the beginnig of the pregnancy. 
In fact I haven't talked to my mom in eight months. She said some stuff 
at the end of one of our court dates about me not only in front of me 
but the CPS worker and CPS's attorey my fiancee at the time, his sister 
,my younger sister, two parent aids from Good Beginnings and the Foster 
mom. About me and how I do certain things. Pretty much during the whole 
time I was pregnant I was working on getting services for the blind 
lined up in New Hampshire. I've tried explaining to the CPS worker that 
it's going to be easier from a mobility stand point if I can have my 
daughter Ashlee with me while I'm working with the O&M instructor needs 
the two of us together.