tasha41
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Hi girls thought this might help people who are thinking "how am I going to tell my parents?" / "how are my parents going to react to this?" upon finding out they're pregnant. Just post your story, long or short as you'd like, with as much or as little detail as you want and we'll leave it up here for anyone who needs it
I'll go first!
I got pregnant when I was 18, I was only dating my boyfriend for 6 months at the time, but we had been sleeping together for more than a year. I was on birth control and found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks. I guess deep down I 'knew' I was pregnant weeks before that. I didn't want to believe it, so I didn't consciously admit to it or believe it.
I took a pregnancy test on the Thursday night at my friend's house & then made an appointment at a women's clinic for the following Tuesday to find out how far along I was, and to book an appointment for the "A word" in case I decided that's what I was going to do.. needless to say I never went to it!
Told my boyfriend on Tuesday, I wanted to be absolutely sure before I told him, and I was in shock about it all, etc. We decided to keep the baby and he reassured me things would be alright and we could afford to move out if it came down to it to an apartment, but he knew his parents would be alright eventually.
Well, we were both scared silly about talking to our parents.. but we did it, at 10 weeks we told them. It took me days to tell my mom, I had to tell her because I was starting the school year and needed to know if I should get a refund on my tuition or not. I was home alone with her, and she reads all the time before bed. I was so scared, I called her from my cell phone (I was downstairs in the living room) and told her I needed to talk to her, so that I would be committed to speaking to her about it that night and couldn't chicken out again.
Went upstairs, told her that I was pregnant.. broke down crying and everything. I expected her to cry but nothing- she just hugged me and we talked about what my plans were, etc. My dad was away for the week and returning the next day, I worked 4-10 that night and she told him sometime while I was at work, because I came home to my dad wanting to talk to me.
His face was all red, not sure if he was THAT angry or if he was crying, he didn't yell at me or anything, but did talk about the "A word", told me he though that I should do it but made a point of telling me my mother didn't think I should go for it.. basically expressed his fears that I'd be unhappy and not get to do all the things in life I deserved to do (travelling, school, friends, etc). Told me I didn't even know myself yet, etc.
They did NOT kick me out, yell at me, or anything like that. My dad even told me "You're my daughter and I still love you. Even if I don't agree with you 100% I will support your choice." He insisted I still go to school like normal, for at least first semester. And that I still work too. We had some hard discussions, my dad definitely made me cry several times.. and he did pressure me to get an abortion for a couple weeks but he backed off eventually. It was really hard to hear him telling me to get an abortion, to abort his grandchild, but he has come around more than I expected him to I guess.
My dad still makes me cry sometimes, we have those "hard discussions" sometimes still, but my mom is my best friend without a doubt and has done SO MUCH to help me get ready for the baby. I still live with my parents, and my boyfriend lives with his. Both grandmas-to-be are really excited now, and our extended families have been extremely supportive & giving - lots of help with baby items being purchased for us, lots of people signing up to babysit if we ever need it, etc.
AND, while my dad is a total jerk most of the time.. I can see that he does care, he's given me & my boyfriend a car, he's putting up a fence in the backyard, he's fixed up a lot of things around the house, etc. wants to give us the money for a down payment on a house (only if we get married.. which we will someday, just not sure when someday will be!)
I'll go first!
I got pregnant when I was 18, I was only dating my boyfriend for 6 months at the time, but we had been sleeping together for more than a year. I was on birth control and found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks. I guess deep down I 'knew' I was pregnant weeks before that. I didn't want to believe it, so I didn't consciously admit to it or believe it.
I took a pregnancy test on the Thursday night at my friend's house & then made an appointment at a women's clinic for the following Tuesday to find out how far along I was, and to book an appointment for the "A word" in case I decided that's what I was going to do.. needless to say I never went to it!
Told my boyfriend on Tuesday, I wanted to be absolutely sure before I told him, and I was in shock about it all, etc. We decided to keep the baby and he reassured me things would be alright and we could afford to move out if it came down to it to an apartment, but he knew his parents would be alright eventually.
Well, we were both scared silly about talking to our parents.. but we did it, at 10 weeks we told them. It took me days to tell my mom, I had to tell her because I was starting the school year and needed to know if I should get a refund on my tuition or not. I was home alone with her, and she reads all the time before bed. I was so scared, I called her from my cell phone (I was downstairs in the living room) and told her I needed to talk to her, so that I would be committed to speaking to her about it that night and couldn't chicken out again.
Went upstairs, told her that I was pregnant.. broke down crying and everything. I expected her to cry but nothing- she just hugged me and we talked about what my plans were, etc. My dad was away for the week and returning the next day, I worked 4-10 that night and she told him sometime while I was at work, because I came home to my dad wanting to talk to me.
His face was all red, not sure if he was THAT angry or if he was crying, he didn't yell at me or anything, but did talk about the "A word", told me he though that I should do it but made a point of telling me my mother didn't think I should go for it.. basically expressed his fears that I'd be unhappy and not get to do all the things in life I deserved to do (travelling, school, friends, etc). Told me I didn't even know myself yet, etc.
They did NOT kick me out, yell at me, or anything like that. My dad even told me "You're my daughter and I still love you. Even if I don't agree with you 100% I will support your choice." He insisted I still go to school like normal, for at least first semester. And that I still work too. We had some hard discussions, my dad definitely made me cry several times.. and he did pressure me to get an abortion for a couple weeks but he backed off eventually. It was really hard to hear him telling me to get an abortion, to abort his grandchild, but he has come around more than I expected him to I guess.
My dad still makes me cry sometimes, we have those "hard discussions" sometimes still, but my mom is my best friend without a doubt and has done SO MUCH to help me get ready for the baby. I still live with my parents, and my boyfriend lives with his. Both grandmas-to-be are really excited now, and our extended families have been extremely supportive & giving - lots of help with baby items being purchased for us, lots of people signing up to babysit if we ever need it, etc.
AND, while my dad is a total jerk most of the time.. I can see that he does care, he's given me & my boyfriend a car, he's putting up a fence in the backyard, he's fixed up a lot of things around the house, etc. wants to give us the money for a down payment on a house (only if we get married.. which we will someday, just not sure when someday will be!)