Fiance has left me pregnant, with 3 DCs... Do I need a solicitor?

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Feeling really low :( DP left 12 days ago, I have DD 10yrs, and together we have two DSs. Found out I am pregnant and told him - he doesn't want it but I do. There was a chance I was going to get him back but he wouldn't see our DSs this evening, he refused to come over and talk unless they were in bed. I confronted him, saying I wasn't impressed he doesn't want to see the kids, to which he responded that he doesn't love me, he doesn't like me, I am pathetic, and if I miscarry that would be for the best. I have just made him sound like a scumbag - he never used to be. I worry he strayed or got too career orientated, I never saw him leaving his kids.

He said if I don't let him see them he will take me to court, but he wants nothing to do with baby. I have given him lots of opportunities since leaving to see DCs but he has only twice. Do I need to lawyer up? They're expensive, and we aren't married.

Thanks everyone, and thanks gildedcage. I do feel angry, really angry and upset that after so long he just left. Whenever we were together and I felt a wave of sadness hit, I told.him if he asked and said it was best to let me quietly deal with it. But he always said things like "What have I done" and "Get over it". I don't think he understood, or maybe I didn't explain very well. Thing is, we spoke on New years eve about what we wanted from 2015 and I expressed strongly that I wanted to move on from the crap and get our lives back; he agreed! The night he left we had a great evening, haven't spent a nice time together in a while. He had been very distant from November onwards and some people have asked me if I suspect him of finding someone else but I just don't want to believe it? I feel like I have him everything he asked for and now I have been stabbed in the back. How he can suddenly turn so nasty has shocked me. Is there anything else I could have done?? I felt like I tried my hardest but looking back he had left the relationship a while ago. I am surprised I am expecting, we rarely did anything (he never felt like it) and so the conception I remember, it was a quick fumble in the middle of the night I suppose.

I don't want to make a mistake and I don't know whether it would be best or not to go through with it :(

This is very messy. You with depression, he with gambling, fiery decisions, unplanned pregnancy. If you both love each other and are committed to each other deeply, you might be able to move forwards.

How much is the gambling a problem?