re: How to tell the parents your preggo...

well when i found out i was pregnant I was 17 and a senior in high school I didnt tell my mom She had like mother senses and jokingly asked me are you pregnant I said no but she could tell I was lying... her reaction was weird she didnt say anything she walked out of the room came back in with some vodka and then said you better graduate she was alil disapointed but after I graduated she was finally ok with it im haveing my baby this week and if I dont have him by thursday then im gonna be induced on firday and shes gonna be there for me

i am 19 years old and i was kinda scared to tell my mom that i was pregnant one cause who the father was, my ex. but after i thought about it i was like shes my mom she loves me for who i am and respects me for the things i decide to do and she knows that i own up to my mistakes, so i talked to my ex and we decided to take our moms out to dinner and tell them, well lucky for me my mom already knew she was just waiting on me to tell her that i was. i didnt find out that i was pregnant till i was about three months along. but i wanted to tell her when i did but he thought it would be better tell them at the same time. but word of advise, just take a deep breath, calm down, and relax, your parents love you, it might take them a while to get used to the idea but they will grow into it soon. just give them time. but everything will be okay in the end.

Yeah the situation that I was in when I told my mother kinda sucked. I was living with my ex the father, and I called and told my mom in tears because he and I were arguing and I knew things weren't going to turn out good after this argument. Thirty minutes later I had to call her again to ask her to pick me up because he told me he wanted me to leave. (his house) That was a week after I found out I was pregnant. I hadn't developed the courage to tell her before then and didn't have anywhere else to turn to being as I had a car wreck the month before, totalled the car and lost my job cuz of it.

Quoting JenRoyce:“ 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  ”

I just told my parents "I know youll be disappointed but I'm pregnant but I take full responsibility for my actions" Then that was pretty much it. I hated telling my parents but now my mom loves the idea of being a grandma. Shes as excited as I am. It takes time for them to warm up. Its the hardest part is telling them.

well i personaly think it would be easy around nineteen, heres the thing im 16 and didnt expect this..
i was on birth contorl and not like my friends ive only been with the one guy sure we've been tho alot but this?! i didnt see it. well when my period was late i took a pregnacy test and when that showed up posative i took another one and two more uno just to be sure lol  well i didnt no what to do i cryed i looked at my bf i was like if its posative can it be wrong? hes like i dont think so  well i was at work and i called my mom and said are u sitting down she like what i was like u told me if i had a problem i could come to you well im pretty sure im pregnent shes like what i was like please dont get mad at me at 1st she wanted me to have an abortion now shes happy but the house hold was in a desaster for a while she told dad for me after a lil they both got excited they said they would help me and justin out (whos 19 so he really wants the baby) only on one condition if i graduated this year and didnt drop out now everythings grate im not to sure if im ready but it will all come together.

Quoting Expecting.At.16:“ well i personaly think it would be easy around nineteen, heres the thing im 16 and didnt expect this.. ... [snip!] ... if i graduated this year and didnt drop out now everythings grate im not to sure if im ready but it will all come together.”

It's never easy to tell your parents that your pregnant when it was unexpected whether your 16 or 19. I'm 26 and I was fearful of what my parents would say to me.lol 

true just in my family they would have taken it a little lighter if i was older but u have a point

After reading some of these stories, I'm feelin' a little bit more confident about telling my folks but heres my story..

I'm 18, turning 19 in March, meaning i'll be 19 when I have my baby. I live with my Mommy & my little bro (on vacation right now) but anyhoo. I wish I could be just straight up with my mom like others that shared their experiences on here but its kinda different for me. My mom first got pregnant when she was 17, she got kicked out her house, pushed back college...and she always would tell me about don't make the same mistake I did & the whole 9 yds. Ever since my mom noticed how serious the relationship was with my current boyfriend is, birth control and clinic visit s have been constant reminders from her, not to mention the casual "I'm not ready to be a grandma again right now" or "Well don't expect me to take care of it" So just from those little aggravating actions, I get nervous. And it dosent help that I was that rebel, sneak-out-at-night, back-talkin', disobedient, getting tattoos & peircings, lying teenager, yes I have given my momma hell for so long and this is another reason why I'm nervous and scared because this is just adding on to the list of things-no-to-do ya know? & my mom is completely over the edge with stress right now & I know my news will only add to it. Eyeryday she's telling me to register for more classes, go talk to a counselor, got to cosmetology orientation....and this and that. I start jr. college in a couple weeks and she's really getting on me about gettig ready 2 go, and see that's another thing about Mom, she strongly believes that ifI have a baby early like she did then i'll end up like her and not to to school for years but thats not even what's about to go down. Her friend told me that theres a generation gap between mine & her's and times are COMPLETELY different my mom is still on that old school mindset, with the domesticity and good housewife stuff. But I do know one thing, she loves babies and I know that when I have mine, she wont be able to get enough of him/her. Yo prometo! And I want my mommy to know so that we can bond and she can give me advice. Oh & my Dad, I love him but I really don't like him & I can care less about what he says honestly, but most of the time his words ARE intimidating and they usually just add insult to injury. I don't know I just gotta get over this humpwith while its still early.

Any advice 4 me? If not, wish me luck =]

AMOR-N-RESPECTO

Quoting JenRoyce:“ 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  ”

i was puking at work and my dad walked by the bathroom(door was open) he told me that i had been puking alot and he got quiet and said your not and i said 'hell yeah i am grampa' and he just looked at me and said that from now on when i have doctors appt. i have to clock out of work. the second time(my now 6 month old) i hadnt smoked in 3 months and he just knew. and the first time(baby didnt make it) i told him and he cried.

Everybody knew before I did!! My period wasn't late yet and I hadn't had any symptoms. My boss at work told me "you're pregnant, look at your hips, they are getting wide!!" I was like no Im not! Even my mom said the same thing. I just kept denying it. So, my mom told me to take a pregnancy test. And, I did...she had it in her hand when the result came through....PREGNANT!!! I started bawling. I told her I didn't want to disappoint her. She said she wasn't disappointed. She just wanted me to finish my schooling and it would be fine. Now I am in my 9th month and I got my GED and I graduated medical school. BUT, I still had to tell my dad.   I did not want to. See, my baby is mixed with black, and my dad is RACIST.   So, when I finally told him you already know what he had to say!!!!

OKAY so my mom found out because I told one of her younger friends closer to my age who I thought I could talk 2 about anything told her even after we agreed on ME telling her later this week, ahe called me and asked me if I would've liked it if she kinda warmed her up for me beforehand and then I coould drop the bomb....and guess what? When my mom got home from work she laid it out she knew everything....I was so mad at her friend..My mom was not happy at all. She begged me not to do it and even told me she wanted an abortion....she really hurt my heart because I felt no love or support from her after all the horrible things she told me. I drove over to my boyfriend instead of going to work and on the way there I cried like a child, You know how it is when you cry so hard and so much you get a migraine hedache? Thats how I was, I couldnt even get on the freeway..I pulled over right before getting on 'cause I could'nt stop crying , it was so hard for me to drive. I was hysterical!
When I finally got to my BF, he automatically knew something was wrong. I told him everything and he was upset like no other

To make a long story short, it was still my decision by the end of the day and yes I'm still keeping my baby. My mom thinks that i'm ruining my whole life and i'm making a mistake, but her words no longer matter right now. I'm waiting patiently for those 9 months =]

we just found out about our bundle of joy a week ago. and I still don't have the guts to tell my parents. and i don't even live anywhere near them. i live in the Bay area, my dad lives in Nevada and my mom's in Indiana.
We are currently living with my fiance's parents so it's going to be even harder telling them. Our plan so far is to tell them when we move out, which will be as soon as i find a job. But i'm still scared to tell my parents.

This is my second pregnancy, and due to my age of my first one, my parents forced me to have an abortion. So i'm just a bit nervous of how they will react about it this time.

How to tell them you r pregnant again 

I just walked in my moms room and handed her the stick.
She wasn't happy obviously but she eventually got over it.

i just barely told my parents on tuesday! & im 13 weeks..scary but i did it:/ i felt so relieved that my parents know now. they'll get angry for a minute but it won't last long...HELLO! its a BABY  the most precious thing ever!!!
it was overwhelming for my parents. im 18. some have said to me, "aw well its ok everyone makes mistakes!"
NO! my babies not a mistake!
a mistake is if the condom breaks! no condom was obviously used so i call it,
an UNPLANNED BLESSING!