Am I financially fucked going it alone?

[WhatAToDoMike]

Looking very much like I will be on my own with baby. 6 months pregnant. Have my own house a a bit of savings (10k). Maternity paid in full for 6 months though want to take a year. DP is a high earner, 125k. I earn about half that. Is my financial life absolutely fucked here? I was always planning on doing four days a week after maternity. Family are around 50 mins away but very much travelling and doing their own thing ie no consistent help on a confirmed basis.

The CMS calculator will give you a figure for child maintenance, and most on here would say to insist on that. (e.g. £1k in this case)
But in practice you can decide whatever you like between you.

I think you're in a very fortunate position, much more fortunate than a lot of people in the world.

I earn around 40k, share 50/50 custody with my
Daughters dad and we got half on childcare and all other expenses. I get by