Hi.
I'm 24 and moving into my boyfriend's family home at the beginning of October to start an 18 month apprenticeship in childcare. I missed my period last week but I had recently been diagnosed with stress and depression and that was a side effect that I was familiar with. However, I'd been feeling very sick and decided to take a test (or 3) and discovered I am actually pregnant. I'm in shock as we were careful, and now I'm worried about several things:
- My mum will go mental (she scares me)
- His mum will go mental (it's not fair on her)
- I'll only be able to do half my apprenticeship before giving birth and I don't know how they will react.
- What happens once the baby arrives? We'll still be at his mum's, I'll still only earn an apprenice wage, and we are both up to our eyeballs in debt from previous relationships that ended badly (we were both engaged to people who faked mental illnesses to gain our care and rob us blind)...
I don't want to get rid of the baby, it would break my boyfriend's heart, but does anyone have any calming advise? It was an accident, a badly timed one. We both want kids, but is this the time?
Thanks in advance.