Joanna, I hope you will take FooZe's links to heart. If your partner is your baby's biological father, you might do well to speak to a lawyer early on about protecting your rights & the child's, in case he seeks custody. Depending on where you are, things could get complicated quickly. If he does, do you think the community will back him against you?

If you are from one of the really "closed communities" like the Amish, there are others who have left. Depending on where you go, it might be possible you for to link up with some of them--if only online at first.

I certainly admire what you are doing, both for yourself & your child. That's a very lucky baby!