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Not wanting my baby

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shang1 · 15/08/2020 18:10

I’m currrently 9 weeks pregnant and having second thoughts about wanting this baby as well as still wanting wanting a relationship with my partner. I currently have one child work and go to uni and I’m just not sure it’s the right thing at this moment in time. Me and my partner haven’t been together very long either. Everyone is so excited family and my partner We had a early scan about a week ago as I thought seeing the little bean and a hearbeat may make me change my mind but it hasn’t. I don’t know who to talk to or what to do. Any advice please.

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AcrossthePond55 · 15/08/2020 18:29

No one can make that decision for you. It's the most personal decision a woman will ever make, simply because it affects her future more than anyone else's. A man can walk away, a woman can't. At least not from the pregnancy and childbirth. She can always give up a child for adoption. But I digress. You have the right to do what feels right for you, what will give you the best possible future.

Would you stay with your partner if you weren't pregnant is one question I'd be asking myself. Because if the answer is 'no' then you need to break off the relationship, regardless of what you decide to do about the pregnancy.

As far as other people knowing you are pregnant, unless they would 100% support my decision to terminate I'd probably tell people I had a miscarriage and that I didn't want to talk about it, I just wanted to move on.

user1465335180 · 15/08/2020 18:30

If you really don't want this child then don't have it. If you go on with a pregnancy for other people you'll resent them massively later

NeedToKnow101 · 15/08/2020 18:43

It will be you that spends the next 18 (and the rest!), bringing up your child, so please do what's best for you, not what other people say they want you to do. If you think they will pressure you, don't tell them your plans.

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