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atmywitsend7352 · 09/07/2018 19:00

I am totally at my wits end, My 17 year old told me last week she is pregnant!! Ok, not ideal, but nothing can be done about it now. I just dont know what to do or say to her to make her get a grip. She sleeps all day, awake all night, keeps cancelling her shifts at work because shes tired (ffs!), her bf has no intention on getting a job and his mum doesnt want him to quit college anyway, I just dont know what to do any more. I have tried the nice nice approach, I have tried the short sharp shock approach, nothing is getting through to her to make her realise she is going to be a mum and she needs to grow up. I come home from work and the dishes are in the sink, no house work what so ever is done, I dont expect her to do the house top to bottom, just to clean up after herself. There is no money for prams, cot bottles.....nothing. It seems like she doesnt care and that somehow it will just magically drop in her lap. When i try talking to her she storms off in a paddy and threatens to move in with bf and family. I dont want to push her away, i want to support her but she is making it bloody hard!!

OP posts:
User12879923378 · 13/07/2018 15:37

I was pregnant with a very planned and wanted baby at 42 years old with a settled financial situation and a decent income and I still spent most of my first trimester slumped on the sofa wondering what on earth I had been thinking Grin

Give her a break, OP, it's a lot to get her head round and she's probably feeling really ropy as well. I imagine this is hard for you too but I'm sure she'll do fine once the fog of the first 12 weeks lifts.

atmywitsend7352 · 14/07/2018 18:47

@OhHolyJesus We have had a good chat, she listened, I listened, we both cried, Shes looking at her options re college, financial help and such, Im letting her get on with it by herself, but I am, of course, helping her whenever she asks. Thank you everyone, I think its gunna be alright [heart]

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notgivingin789 · 14/07/2018 19:02

OP, if she wants childcare whilst studying, she can apply for the “care2learn” grant... something like that, I forgot the name. They fund childcare for young teenage parents who are continuing with their studies.

OhHolyJesus · 14/07/2018 19:24

Glad to hear this OP. Sounded like you made a skilful swerve on all on teenage pregnancy hormones. Well done!

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