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

dont be scared to let your parents know your pregnant its just going to make it harder in the long run. i know that alot of parents are like dont get pregnant im going to kick you out or stuff along those lines but most of the time if you go ahead and be mature about and let them know ahead of time that there might be a possiblilty that you could be pregnant it warms them up to the idea. but most importantly just tell them they are your parnets and you need them they will love you no matter what happens and moms are easier to deal with so go ahead and tell them and most importantly take care of your self and that baby growing inside of you thats the most important thing in your life now

I'm 21 and have been married for over 2 years and we were still scared to tell our parents! haha..I actually found out on my moms birthday but i waited about 3 days or so til i could see her in person to tell her...we just sat her down and made her open a card that had a stork on it and sang the lullaby song-but before she opened it the front just said Happy B-day bc of her birthday, but also kinda like baby day haha but just to make her think itwas a birthday card-it went over better than i thought but she definitly went out and got drunk that night! shes only 38 and got pregnant really young, not to mention im her only child so its hard for her to let go and to see herself as a grandma

okay so telling my mom scared me to death;; seriously. She was always the strict mother && my father is in the army made everything even scarier. I am 18 && almost 2 months. i started to get all the symptoms && my period was late. so i just talked to my mama about what was going on && the thing was that my fiance left the states to visit his family so i was scared. My mother took me to the store and bought the test. she sat outside while i took the test. Once i seen the two pink lines i was SHOCKED!!! I thought i couldnt have kids;; it was something that crossed my mind so many times because i was having problems && have been going to a doctor since i was about 15. but everything was okay by then. i sat the test on the table and walked outside and told my mama to go look.surprisingly she was not as upset as i thought she would be because we had just found out like 2 weeks before that my little sister was also pregnant. It is best to tell your parents;; they will be the ones to help you the most.

Quoting ♥ Baby Jibs:“ I found out I was pregnant at 7 weeks...funny thing is I didn't even suspect I would be pregnant because ... [snip!] ... mind made up that I wanted to keep it and now she's more excited then ever for the baby to get here!   (1 week left!!) ”

Your story really motivates me to tell my mom im only 17 just turned 17October10th and i am sooo terrified to tell my mom especially my dad. They have such high hopes for me and im scared todisappointthem

- lol iwasnt scared at all * i just told her that me and her needed to talk . and we went to Walmart && i told her . Simple as that *
Of course when we qot home she cried and said somethinqsz...but we qot thru it.

Quoting Young Mom 08:“ Your story really motivates me to tell my mom im only 17 just turned 17October10th and i am sooo terrified ... [snip!] ... and i am sooo terrified to tell my mom especially my dad. They have such high hopes for me and im scared todisappointthem”

but the good thing is having a kid will give you alot of motivation and if your a strong woman which i believe every single one of us is deep down everything will work out. you have so many options as a single mother nowadays. one you have help from the government because its hard to do on your own they will help get you a place to stay with really cheap rent if any at all. plus you can go to school for free to give you and your child a better future they will even help you with childcare and money assistance. i know its hard to tell parents believe me i cryed for almost two hours after i took the test because my parents didnt think i was in a postion to take care of my self much less a child but it makes you grow up in so many ways and once the realization hits you that hey i got a kid to take care of now you start going into overdrive

I'm 16, i'll be 17 on my due date of June 24th, 2010. I'm currently six weeks pregnant with my first baby. I have a complicated living situation, a complicated past, and a complicated life currently, so getting pregnant was my rock bottom, but i'm getting to be excited. I live with my grandparents, my mom was also 16 when she became pregnant with me, 17 at my delivery. her being so young is part of the reason my grandparents adopted me.

But back to the topic, I went to the clinic one day, feeling sick all day, particularly in the mornings. i thought i had a flu. Turns out, i did have a flu, but i was also pregnant. Not what i was expecting to hear. I told the babies daddy the same day, he's the only guy i've ever slept with, we lost our virginity to eachother, and been together for almost 2 years. (yeah, we were 14 when we started dating, now were both about to turn 17.) I was scared, but he was excited when i told him. We went back to my house that night, and just came right out with it. I didnt hold back to my family at all and i didnt wait, i'm very glad i didn't wait.

To the other girls out there struggling to tell, yes, it WILL be hard, but nowhere near as hard as having a baby, sooner or later it has to be told, just get it off your chest ASAP. You'll feel way better believe me. Good luck ladies!

I WOULDN'T SUGGEST DOING THIS!  

I'm 16. First I asked my mom if there is such thing as a "false positive pregnancy test" and she was like "sometimes but not really why".. i was like "well is there such thing as two?" and she was like "is there something you need to tell me" and i was like well get me a pregnancy test (she didn't know i already took two positives ) the next day after she got me the test i went in her room with the positive test and said "happy labor day weekend!" hahaha. She was sad, mad at first, but now i'm about 3 months and she's happy about it.  

Ha, well I'm 17. And if you have an always assuming parent like i do, then it's not that hard. It terrifying at first, but you'll feel so much relief. I had my best friend go with me to tell her so I wouldn't be alone, incase something happened, he just so happens to be a guy, btw. I told my mom I needed to talk to her, and I looked very serious and scared. She was just joking around saying "what? are you pregnant?" And I said "yeah". She let it sink in for a few minutes, and then she said "okay, this is the part where you tell me you're just joking". and I was like "I'm not". Just to lighten the mood, my best friend said "Don't look at me, it aint mine". Ha. She calmed herself down. I was laughing afterwards though. And then I left. We went to a clinic and they told me that I was. I was happy/scared. But now I'm just happy. She is too. I only have 7 more weeks left, and then I will have a wonderful baby boy. 

i was 17 when i found out i was preg with my first sad to say i myspaced my mom lmfao i was way scared i just didnt want to hear her reaction..

hey! im just 18 years old and was scared to tell my mom!! but as soon as i took a test, i knew i had to tell her right away. i called my big sister(22) for a little advice...and she was just to happy that she couldnt give me any! so i called my mom in the room and told her she might need to sit down for this one....lol of course i was crying my freaking eyes out! i thought i was going the die! so then she was asking what do i need to tell her....i was crying to hard to respond back so i just pulled the pregnancy test from under my cover and showed her....hands sweating, heart pacing...mind jumping from place to place....she just got up and walked out. i took it upon myself to go to the doctor that very next day...and called her after...later that day when she came home from work, she wasnt mad at all! i guess she seen it as we are about to have a bundle of joy around the house soon...so my advice is dont be scared to tell your mom..u never know what her outcome is going to be!!!!!

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Wow. Reading over some of these stories, I'm happy to have had it so easy.

I'm 17 and I found out I was pregnant on a Friday and I was terrified to tell my parents. My mother's birthday was the following weekend and I planned on telling her afterwards cuz I didn't want her to be mad at me on her birthday. I ended up telling her that Sunday night anyway.

I was sitting on the couch in the living room and she was sitting on the other one. I kept going back and forth upstairs to get myself together. She had fallen asleep and I sat back down. When she woke up she looked at me to tell me goodnight and I was just staring at the wall with a blank look on my face so she started asking me what was wrong. I just shook my head and starting crying.Then her voice got really soft and she started asking me questions like did I have something to tell her. I just looked at her and told her I was sorry and started crying hard. Then I said "I'm pregnant". She asked how I knew and I went to get the pregnancy test. Since the positiveline was so light she thought it was only one.

But she called my dad downstairs and I told him and we talked about my plans for the future and they told me that no matter what, I was still going to college. They never once yelled at me or told me they were disappointed. My ma took me to the doctor a week later and I was 5 weeks.

I am currently 10 weeks and my whole family knows and is very supportive, especially my brother who is a marine and plans on spoiling my baby and babysitting. He's the main one who I thought would flip.


So my advice is, just tell them. You never know how they will react and trust me, you'll feel MUCH better once the truth is out.

Funny. I'm 23 and the person I am having a hard time spilling the beans to is my Pop (mom's dad). He has this idea that he needs to lecture everybody about everything. I'm not all that close to him, and I hardly ever see him.. so I'm just gonna keep it hush hush from him til our baby is born.

Omg i was soo nervous when i found out i was pregnant. I didnt know who too tell first!! I really wanted too tell my best friend,cause I wanted girl advice,but I knew I had too tell my Boyfriend First. He was completly thrilled. Telling my partents was the crazy part. My mom was lk omgosh..blah blah she got over it within a week and let us move in with her.(I was living with my boyfriend at the time). Now telling my dad scarred the crap out of me! I waited lk two months before I let my mom tell him.He was so mad it wasnt even funny. It took a while before he was able too except it,but thats only natural. He also started attempting too get along with my boyfriend and that was a huge weight lifted of my shoulders. (They didnt exactually see eye too eye on things). Now that im 7 1/2 months everything is going super smooth. We've all become alot closer =)