Not sure what to do or think here...

[Derf]

She says she needs a break to figure her life out, be alone. Not to drift away but figure out if and when we can get back on the same page.
I've been seeing this girl for 9 months, we fell for eachother immediately. and things were incredible for the first half. We talked about everything, spent all our free time together, and planned a future (moving in together, marriage, kids, ect...) The last few months she has requested space to focus on her self and her daughter. She had just ended an 8 year relationship with the father of her daughter and never had time to herself. So I understand taking time to breathe a little so the past few months we only saw each other once a week and sometimes less than that. It has been difficult for me and I may have made it hard for her to take her space without making her feel guilty. Now she resents me a little wants a break to sort things out, but says she loves me and doesn't want to lose me. It's just something she has to do. From the beginning we have been completely open and honest with each other and had complete trust. Its tough because we are so great together, the emotional and physical connection has been amazing, but we started fighting quite a bit just because we are not in the same place and she says she can't give me what I need right now. It scares her to think of losing me, but with out a break it will never work.
To make things more complicated she is still close with her ex for their daughters sake and they also work together. I do trust that she is over him and will not get back with him, but know that he still loves her. Her father took off when she was her daughters age and doesn't want that for her daughter. So I can respect what they are doing. My worry is, she wants space from me and not him.

I just don't know how much time to give her. She says she might need a couple months, and isn't sure what's going to happen. I want to hang on, but it's also killing me not know what she wants exactly. She also said that she understands if i move on, not to wait around for her. I explained that i love her very much and want her to be happy and in a good place so we can move forward someday. And i will not hold this "taking space" against her. It just feel sweird to go from talking all the time to nothing. It's only been a week, but a long one.

[leoben]

She is saying she doesn't want you anymore in a nice way.

Give her all the space she wants and find a girl that does want you.

[Cerby]

Sounds like she is letting you down easy by calling it a "break". She rebounded onto you and now realizes she actually wants the time to heal or might be considering reconciliation. Either way, this is tough for you because you can't do anything about it. Everyone has been on the ugly end of a rebounder before, and this sounds very similar to a lot of stories on this forum.