Hi everybody! I am new to this site and after reading all your threads on benefits etc, I can not find the answer to the questions I have at the moment. I am 33 years old, and have recently spilt from a 'not nice' relationship. I had worked full time from leaving college up until I met my ex-partner 6 years ago when I gave up working. Therefore I have paid no National Insurance in that time as I was a 'kept woman'. My situation has now changed, I have had to move back into my parents home as I have no money to rent or buy a property and am going mad living there. And to top things off I am now 3 months pregnant, but the child is not my ex-partners. I do not have any other children. I have been reading on various websites that I am unable to claim benefits because I have not paid enough National Insurance,. I can not get through to my local Citizens Advice Bearea for advice and to see what I am entitled to. I am not claiming any benefits at the moment and have been to a couple of job interviews, but I am sure as soon as I said I was expecting they did not want to know. So at the moment I feel like I am in limbo and need advice on what I am entitled to as a single expectant mother? I have been told by friends that I should be receiveing this kind of benefit before the baby is born and then that kind of benefit after. To rent a private property and the council will pay the landlord rent and council tax instead of waiting to be housed, I am totally confused on how I do this? I really need to leave the area I live in and move somewhere else. Does anyone know the answers to my questions? Any advice would be much appricated. Thank you in advance for your help.