re: How to tell the parents your preggo...
posted 24th Jan
I found out I was pregnant April 9, 2009. I had JUST turned 18 and my boyfriend david (now husband) was also 18. we had been sorta trying to have a baby for 5 months (Stupid I know) I stayed the night at my best friends house and when I woke up I was like wait a minute my period is 3 days late today! I had forgot all about my period. Anyways I took a test and sure enough there was two pink lines. I was shocked and had that "Oh smurf" feeling lol but I was extremely excited! I wanted to tell david first so I just told my friend I had something to tell her later. I went right over to his house and showed him the test and he was like "two lines what does that mean?" playing all dumb lol and I was like "Im pregnant" and he had this smile on his face and said "okay" lol We agreed that we were going to wait until graduation before telling our parents. But we ended up telling his dad (his dad is a pastor lol) I ended up telling my mom two weeks later I think she suspected it and I just went on and said I want to show you something and showed her my 9 week ultrasound. She was cool about it. and my dad didnt really say too much either they were suportive. But of course dont try to get pregnant as a teen. I wasnt a bad mom or anything but I was definately more mature with my second baby who I had two years later.
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Ohioposted 23rd Feb
I lived in a house with two flats, and my best friend lived underneath. Took the test, came up with a faint line, so I went to her and asked her advice, at that point she kind of started running around screaming with happiness lol. She's going to be godmother to my little man (I'm 31+3 now). Went back upstairs, text his daddy to come over after he'd finished work (unplanned pregnancy so was a massive shock to him) then straight away called my mum and told her, she did what all caring parent would do and said along the lines of she wished I'd waited and had a planned little one (me and both of my brothers were planned) but I've moved back in with her and slowly she's come around and seems to be excited to meet her grandson, even has her own framed scan pictures in their own place in our kitchen, and has bought her own travel system, nappy box etc for when she babysits him. I think I could class that as her looking forward to meeting him! she's helped me so much over the course of this pregnancy to get everything for him, I've even moved back home so it's easier to prepare, and she's put so much effort into helping me get everything for him, really couldn't ask for a better mum. I just hope I'm as good a mum as she is. Well, I'm learning from the best aren't i
quoteposted 27th Feb
i told my mom that i was worried i was pregnant, and she took me to the doctor and when we found out i was, she wasnt either happy or sad. but now i am 30 weeks pregnant and im scared to tell my step dad, he told my mom that if he ever found out i was pregnant i had to leave the house. im scared to tell him. my mom is very understanding but im worried on how will he react ...
quoteposted 6th Mar
Quoting ***JEN***:" Thanks to pink_vee_dub for the sticky idea! We see this topic brought up a lot. Share your experiences! ... [snip!] ... How did you tell your parents you were pregnant? Or if you have any words of encouragement, please share as well
me and my partner found out i was pregnant so i told my middle sister straight away the next day me and my sister went to my mum's house to tell her the news together a few day's later i told my farther whilst he was driving and my cousin was in the car not a good idea as he covered his eyes and then didn't speak to me for days but 2 weeks later he came round and now were all looking forward to having another little one running around
posted 11th Mar
I had just turned 18 when I found out I was pregnant with my first, me and my boyfriend were sitting in my moms livingroom (I did not live with her) and I told my sister first. My sister left the room, and when my mom came in, I told her "I have to tell you something" and she looked at me and said "You're pregnant." I told her, yes, I was pregnant. She got really upset and told me "Well, I hope you're doing the smart thing and getting rid of it". My boyfriend and I told her we were keeping the baby, with or without her support. She then proceeded to call my dad, and grandmother, to try to talk me out of it. After the initial shock wore out, she was excited and through the roof.
I'm now almost 21, my daughter is 20 months and I'm about 7 weeks pregnant with baby #2. When I told her this time around, she was extremely rude and ignorant, looking right at me and then saying "ANYWAYSSSSSSSSSSS..." but that's how my mom is, she's never been very supportive anyways.
quoteposted 23rd Mar
I didn't tell mine, they walked in one day and threw a pregnancy test at me... >.< I had no clue I was even pregnant, I had only had sex one time and it was protected.... GO FIGURE!
quoteposted 29th Mar
I'm 17 and I told my parent at my boyfriend's house with him and his parents there. It didn't go so well though :/
quoteposted 1st Apr
If your me I got pregnant at 16, yeah not the smartest thing in the world to do but I wanted a baby (sounds awfully selfish huh?). Anyway me and my boyfriend at the time had been trying to have a baby for awhile and it never worked so I just figured he was infertile or something, So I never thought I was pregnant until I started to feel all Blugh, you guys know the feeling right? So I went and bought a test and sure enough it tested positive. I was shocked and scared and 10 other things but I knew my mom had to know eventually so I got in the car and drove to her boyfriend's house because that's where she was and when I got there I wasn't really sure what to say so I just handed her the pregnancy test. She was kinda quite for a while then she told me that it was OK and that secretly she had been thinking I was pregnant because of my mood swings. So I mean she took it pretty well, now my dad on the other hand didn't take it as well but it's all good now.
quoteposted 6th Apr
At first i didn't think i was pregnant even though i didn't have my period in September, but i was in the car with my mom, boyfriend, and my brother. I was laying down saying i didn't feel good and my boyfriend said to my mom that my breasts have been hurting lately and i got mad of course he said that but my mom said ok we will just buy a test then, i took 6 to make sure and i called her and told her because she went to store for more lol, and she said ok we will make an appointment to make sure everything is ok, (because i had miscarried before) but anyways she wasnt mad, even my first pregnancy when i misscarried i told her on the phone she cried and got ma at first, but then shes a mom to a 19 year old daughter that is pregnant and she was just worried about me that's all, but my advise when you find out your pregnant or think you are just talk to your parents, or if your more comfortable talking to mom then do that, because if you hide it it will just make it worse.
quoteposted 8th Apr
I wrote both my mom and dad a letter... along with a small poem w/ the ultrasound picture... and i wrapt it in a small box gave it to my dad and told him to read it and went up stairs and gave the other one to my mom and just went in my room ... so i was in my room... all scared... waiting for the scream so minutes passed maybe like 30 min and i heard my parents door open, so im like freaking out thinking they where gonna come in my room slap me and kick me out etc etc... well it turned out it was my mom going downstairs w/ my dad ... then later i heard my dad callin my name... i felt like someone threw me an iced cold water over my body .. i was all freaking out lol ... i know i was acting childishh even tho im 26 yrs old.!!! its bcuz my parents are sooo dammm strict and they believe marriage before kids ... so after i went down stairs my dad did all the talking ... it felt like the LONGESTTT interview ever.!!!! So many questions they asked ... my mom all she did was cried.. she didnt say a word... after we had the 'talk' everything started feeling akward in the house ... my mom stopped talking to me for dayz... till this day we dont talk like before ... my dad in the other side i still talk to him he still talks to me and he's supportive ... till this day things are not soo great... they havent asked how my pregnancy is going or when im due etc etc. ... i pretty much feel all alone here ...
quoteposted 16th Apr
Just talk to them
quoteposted 21st Apr
Quoting ***JEN***:" Thanks to pink_vee_dub for the sticky idea! We see this topic brought up a lot. Share your experiences! ... [snip!] ... How did you tell your parents you were pregnant? Or if you have any words of encouragement, please share as well "
ONE DAY SIT THEM DOWN AND JUST DO IT THEY WILL BE SHOCKED MAD AND A LITTLE HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME THE EARLIER THE BETTER I HAD TO TELL MY MOM WHEN I WAS 14 I WAS SUPER SCARED BUT ONCE IT WAS OUT IN THE OPEN SHE WARMED UP TO IT AND WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE
posted 21st Apr
Quoting ***JEN***:" Thanks to pink_vee_dub for the sticky idea! We see this topic brought up a lot. Share your experiences! ... [snip!] ... How did you tell your parents you were pregnant? Or if you have any words of encouragement, please share as well "
ONE DAY SIT THEM DOWN AND JUST DO IT THEY WILL BE SHOCKED MAD AND A LITTLE HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME THE EARLIER THE BETTER I HAD TO TELL MY MOM WHEN I WAS 14 I WAS SUPER SCARED BUT ONCE IT WAS OUT IN THE OPEN SHE WARMED UP TO IT AND WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE
posted 21st Apr
Quoting ***JEN***:" Thanks to pink_vee_dub for the sticky idea! We see this topic brought up a lot. Share your experiences! ... [snip!] ... How did you tell your parents you were pregnant? Or if you have any words of encouragement, please share as well "
ONE DAY SIT THEM DOWN AND JUST DO IT THEY WILL BE SHOCKED MAD AND A LITTLE HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME THE EARLIER THE BETTER I HAD TO TELL MY MOM WHEN I WAS 14 I WAS SUPER SCARED BUT ONCE IT WAS OUT IN THE OPEN SHE WARMED UP TO IT AND WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE
posted 27th Apr
http://www.youtube.com/user/mommyKATEat17/ please come check out my youtube vlogs, trying to get more support, i have a 15 month old son and currently expecting my second little girl , im single doing it all alone secon time around , come watch my life challenges of having a baby when your still a baby yourself. im currenty 18 , would love it if you stopped by thanks.
Maybe this will give you a different opinion on statistics of a teen mom and what some teens are struggling with and how we can make good mothers!
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