A Plea For Maternity Leave

I have a beautiful four year old daughter who is currently having to stay with my aunt because I live out of a bedbug filled motel room, a room I have to rent because my boss owns this motel and gives me a discounted rate ($180 a week) which leaves me with about $30 cash after he takes that motel fee out of my check every week. I am only making $8 an hour and live in a rural area that does not have a lot of opportunity for job growth. But I won't be able to take time off of work to have my new baby (I'm 6 months pregnant with my first baby boy) and continue to pay for this disgusting room. And I don't want my son in this motel. I want my children to be safe and secure and happy and HEALTHY. And I'm scared unless I get some help to give me enough wiggle room to get myself to a place and position where I can find better work opportunities I will have no other option but to raise my children in unhealthy conditions. I'm their mommy. It's my job to make sure they're okay. And I'm failing at that because I can't afford to take a day off and apply for jobs other places, gas to drive to the next few towns or regions, money to put as a downpayment on an apartment that I could probably afford even on my small salary if I could only afford to save my checks each week instead of paying to sleep in this horrifying motel room. I currently don't even have a lock on my door. I leave my room unlocked and sleep in it unlocked at night. It's dirty, it's dangerous, and I am SCARED TO DEATH. I just want to provide a good life for my children, and I can't do anything right now. I have 3 months before my new baby comes, and that time is crucial to get myself in with a better company and a better job, get myself into a safe living space, and be able to provide some kind of stability. I am genuinely so stressed it makes me worry incredibly about my growing baby. The stress and depression and helplessness I feel every second of every day in addition to the stress of working and OVERworking myself at this job is making me worry that I am affecting my son with the way I feel and the way I'm handling my situation. I am trying my best to hold it all together. But I'm crying myself to sleep every night. I'm crying in the car on the way to work. I'm crying at random moments throughout my day. And it can't be good for my son for his mommy to be this stressed and anxious and depressed constantly. I just need a little help, just one olive branch to help me get myself into a better situation so I can provide the best life and opportunities to my children who mean more to me than anything in this world...please. Every young mother just needs a helping hand sometimes. I work very, very hard. I'm not afraid of hard work, I'm afraid of instability and without the wiggle room I'll be stuck here in this dangerous, unhealthy limbo raising children in conditions that no mother could stand to see their child in. Please...anything would help. I simply want enough to be able to get to a better home, an apartment that's affordable, in an area where there are a lot more jobs available.