Should i give the baby his last name or mine ?

Question

Im 35 weeks pregnant and not with the father. We aren't even really on speaking terms let alone good terms right now. He wants me to give the baby his last name and i WAS all for it until all of this happened but now im not sure what to do. I heard its harder as a single parent to get things like insurance or things with school if they have a different last name. Is that true ? Has anyone gone through this before can you give me some advice please. He says now that i should just give the baby mine but i don't know how much of that he really means. Should i just jump on the opportunity or think it through some more ? HELP ME PLEASE !!!

Answer 1

I have no experience with this but you should probably just give the baby your last name. It's what he wants right now anyway and you can't be sure how much he will be involved in the child's life while you will always be his/her mother. Besides, if things work out between you and him in the future, he can always legally adopt your son/daughter and give it his name then.