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Do I have the right to be present at my baby's first scan, as my winnit partner has told me I dont. I really want to be there. Can anybody help me out?
There's no law that says you need to be there, but it's comendable that you want to be part of the experience. Unfortunately as the baby has yet to be born, you don't presently have any real parental rights. Is the mother preventing you from attending the scan?
She has not allowed me to accompany her to the doctor appointment as she her self has not been going. The scan is this week some time and she will not tell me when. But she thinks that she is 14 weeks in or more. I am worried as she has had twins before to her ex partner, my mother and sister say she may need folic acid. I want to know if i have rights so I can give her a kick up the [censored] to get heer to a check up.
As I mentioned previously, you don't have any legal rights until the child is born.
I think the only thing you can do is have a chat with the mother about the fact that you want to be involved every step of the way and to support her through the pregnancy. There's nothing else you can really do I'm afraid.
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