Move back to my home country

Hi.

I am in a following situation and would like some advice please:

I am pregnant with my first child and a foreign (EU) National. I have lived in the UK for over 10 years now but always had 'one foot' in my own country, which have made it very difficult to settle in and due this has caused difficulties in my relationship. We own a house together but are not married.
We have had numerous arguments about the house we are renovating and now a few about the baby. I don't feel I am getting the emotional support here with my family being so far away and his family being so involved in their own problems at the moment. I have not managed to get that many friends either locally after just a few years in my current location.
We have argued about the fact that I would like to go to my home country to give birth - to which he says that in that case I might as well stay there as he would not come there to see the child to be born. If I moved to my country he would not like to be involved with the child due to it being emotionally too hard for him. He has mentionned it once that I can go back but the child stays here - which is the reason I am writing this.
I have heard about the 'parental responsibility', which I in principal accept and find a good thing - BUT the one thing I can not accept is that if this relationship deteriorates I would have to ask his PERMISSION to move back to my home country where I have the government and family support networks in place to take care of this child. I can not believe that he would be able to dominate my entire life by forcing me to stay somewhere where I have no links, no friends, no citizenship no means to support the child properly.
The question is: to be 100% sure about the 'freedom' to move if I need to is the only way to do this to ask him not to sign the birth certificate. And if I would have to do this wouldn't this be as good as saying that I don't trust him...! I am willing to try and make this relationsip to work but need to know that if it doesn't I can go back and start again. And what if he wants to separate and keep the child here against my will - again I would have to stay here because he says so...!
Could somebody please advice what my options are?!

Many many thanks in advance!

Well, you have been in UK 10 years so there must be some roots. The most important thing is the child would need its father as it grows up, irrespective of whether the relationship survives or not. You obviously are making an attempt to work at it.

After birth, if you want to take the child abroad permanently, you have to apply for 'Leave to Remove' if he has PR unless he agrees you can go. This should not be difficult in your case with your family back there. What EU country is it?

I suggest you work at the relationship, give birth which in itself may help you both and then see if you still want to move back.