Young Moms, How did your family react to your second pregnancy?

Sarah - posted on 02/28/2010

hi my mum wasn't as surprised when i told her i was pregnant with my second as she was the 1st time around. i was 14 when my daughter 5 was born. and now i have an 8 month old boy and i got married in april 2 months before my son was born. my husband's family were happy and his mum said just don't have it in may.

Michelle - posted on 02/28/2010

hi dont worryabout what people say to you as im only 22 and i have a 2yr nel 3 and a 3yr nel 4 and im expecting my 3rd in june

Cassey - posted on 02/28/2010

My family was very excited when I got pregnant again. However when we announced #3 there were few wide eyes but they were all still very supportive.

Jennifer - posted on 02/27/2010

My mom was really happy about it, and my mother-in-law and father-in-law found out later and were indifferent a bit i think, they're really pre-occupied with loving my first little girl, which they still are, i wonder how they'll treat this next little girl once she comes along, but we'll have to see when that time comes i guess, eh!? But all around i think most people were excited to hear that we were pregnant again. :)

Desiree - posted on 02/27/2010

Well being 6 months myself with my 5th baby I still haven't told my father. I have been trying to find a good way to do that still. I haven't been very lucky in that department, my family figures that I am throwing my life away even more with every baby I have. It is sad and very stressful for me. But I really do have to say something soon, I will be too big to hide it.

Christina - posted on 02/27/2010

my mom reacted the same way with both pregnancies. disappointed, but supportive. i think its because i'm unmarried. pretty much the same way with both. didn't really matter that she was disappointed, because i was still having a baby.

Sam - posted on 02/27/2010

Meh, it's just another baby. My family didn't really care, and I didn't care that they didn't care. Why should they get all excited, been there, done that. Your life changes and you should be excited but understand that everyone has their own lives. I had two back to back and the second was bairly a blip on the screen, so much so that my mom still calls her little blip.

Carolee - posted on 02/27/2010

My dad said, "okay"... my mom said, "well, the timing sucks"... my sister cried again.

Natalie - posted on 02/27/2010

Everyone in my family knew we were gonna try for a 2nd child so it was no big surprise. Pretty much everyone was happy about it and those few who weren't... well, i couldn't care less! My Parents and my husband's parents were so excited and when we found out we were having a girl, i had a boy first, everyone was exited since we now have both genders, BUT people also seemed to think we were done then since we have our pair but we decided to have a 3rd and final one and a lot of people in my family didn't think it's a good idea. But as long as i have the support from my Mom, his Mom and our closest friends i really don't care. It's our family and we decide how many kids we want.
I didn't bot keep either a secret neither, i'm a grown-up and make my own decisions so they have to deal with that.

It was probably not the best idea to hide it for so long, your parents might feel betrayed that you didn't trust them enough to tell them. I know my parents and siblings want to be the first ones we call when we find out :-)

Lakeisha - posted on 02/27/2010

Not as bad as when I told them I was pregnant for the fourth time. (At 21) but i was married by then so it didn't really matter.

Sarah - posted on 02/27/2010

Everyone we knew was very happy except my mother, she HATES my fiancee with a passion for some unknown reason and has been putting me down about having kids with him, she is now mad cuz we wont go with the name she likes and the religion and stuff but we never listened to her with the first so why should we listen to her now? when she gets on with it i just beeps in from my cell and tells her i gotta go

Nicole - posted on 02/26/2010

hi im pregnant with my second child. Im only 6 weeks along and i told them. I have a 3 year old son and me and their dad has been together for over 4 years. Both my babies have the same father but when my family found out about baby number 2 they freaked out and cut me off. My own mother disowned me. I dont understand it. I was only 18 when i had my son and they were fine and now that i am 22 and expanding my family they have disowned me. My family has not had much contact with my son and dont act like they care about him so i presumed they wouldnt care about bubs, this proves none of us matter

How do i react to something like this?

Julia - posted on 02/26/2010

My parents were happy, i told them right away. they were happier than me!

Malia - posted on 02/26/2010

I don't know what your circumstances are but you need to try your best to be a good mother to both your baby you have now and your baby on the way. That's really all you can do now your parents are still your parents and if they're helping you out don't get to bothered by what they say and just be thankful for your parents being in your life. Just don't forget that you're going to be those babies mom until the day you pass away. It's something you can't quit and it's going to be a blessing and it's going to be tough. I got pregnant with my second child a few weeks before my first child was hospitalized with a blood disorder. I didn't tell anyone I was pregnant until after being home for two weeks from the hospital. My mom was hurt that I would be strapping myself with another baby at age 20. My mother in law told me off after my second child was born and well they pretty much aren't grandma material. They're both in their 40s and want to conquer the world instead of watch grandchildren since both of them were young mothers to. It's been difficult but I wouldn't change my having these to wonderful babies for the World how ever I prbably would've waited to have them if I could redo things.
Malia

Sam - posted on 02/26/2010

My Mom was very happy, My Dad was not surprised, or mad when I was pregnant with my 2nd child. He just pretended not to notice. Which worked well for me. It was hard, but when my son was born, my dad had a complete change of heart. He loves my little guy. One thing I didn't do though was hide my pregnancies, I was very proud to be pregnant. I think as long as you know what your getting yourself into and if you are mature enough, age shouldn't matter.

Stacey - posted on 02/26/2010

My mom was not happy about it my father didn't really care. My oldest was 10 months old when I got pregnant. I tried to hide it for a long time. I felt horrible. I felt like they didn't care about him.