Telling Parents

I've been there! I got pregnant when I was 20...Now i'm 22, my baby is 8 months old now. It was so hard for me to get the courage to tell me parents. You see...I come from a very strict christian family. My parents don't believe in premarital sex, cussing, drinking, smoking...Rated r movies!!!! My parents are as strict as the come! So when I got pregnant I was soo scared about telling them. I ended up telling my mom first...I told her I had made a mistake and that I was pregnant. We talked and cried about it for a few minutes then she helped me tell my dad. That was heart breaking to me. I'm a daddy's girl. I'm the baby of the family and the only girl! So it broke my heart when I had to tell my dad that I was pregnant. Of course they were upset at first, but in time they were ok. They were very supportive of me. I ended up ending it with my baby's dad not long after finding out I was pregnant. But that's a whole different story! So my parents were they for me, both emotionally and financially. Now they abosolutely love my daughter. And my mom tells me serval times that if she had the power to undo me getting pregnant at such a young age and out of wedlock she couldn't do it. Because she love my daughter so much and couldn't imagine not having her in her life. So although it is hard and scary to tell your parents something like this...Everything will hopefully work out for you as they did for me. Good luck with everything!!

Wow, my story is basically like kandypants except i'm 18 and 15 weeks 5 days pregnant. My parents were exactly the same, and we still have a long way to go, but they love me and are supportive of me. I am still with the father and we plan to get married in the future......My family is very religious, and I like to consider myself as religious as well, but people make mistakes, and everything happens for a reason.....Good luck hun! :)

Its the opposite with me... Which is funny because with my parents who are like usually open minded to anything not religious or any of that they hated me! They were so mad saying I ruined my life that it was only going down hill from there they automatically hated paul everything! Oh it was horrible!

But with pauls parents who are strict italian catholics they opened their arms wide and accepted the situation! :)

how old are you hun? How old is your gf? How long have you two been together? Are you out of school? In school? Working? Planning to get married? Financially stable? Theses are going to be questions that your parents will ask so have answers hun!

Theres no true way of telling parents if they are excited or expecting it

my mom asked me herself said I had been acting weird like I had something to tell her but wouldnt get it out... And with paul his mom was argueing with him about how he never talks to her anymore and hes like "you want to know why I dotn- because I am afraid i'm afraid of how you will act and what you think... You want to know whats going on in my life- jess is pregnant thats what!" her jaw just dropped... But she was excited and okay with it and knew it would all work out in the end...

If you want your parents to be okay with this.. Prove to them that all is right and will be okay. That you know that you are in for a long haul but you will be able to provide for this child and be responsible and mature enough to deal with everything eading your way. That it will not get in the way of succeeding in life that you will finish school and be great at all of this... (answer my questions please when you repond)...

Make a plan with them... Write it out follow the steps and even if that plan goes to hell atleast your getting it together.. And remember if they get mad just know its for the best that thye know how hard parenting can be and that they are just scared and worried for you and want the best for you!

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Omg, when me and brian first told our parents, they decided to have a "family meeting" and we all had to get together and talk about what to do!! Lol~i cryed almost the whole time!!! It's nice though to get everything worked out, and ya our "plan" has pretty much hit the fan....But we keep coming up with new idea's and working through it.....If you approach them with a 'can-do' attitude they'll pick up on it :)

Oh I know once paul and my brother came over I didnt get a word in edgewise I sat there and cried while the 4 of them fought!