Help...Breaking pregnancy news to Teenagers

[45andfine]

Does anyone have any advice for me before I break the news that I'm pregnant to my teenage daughters?

I'm really nervous about how to go about it, my youngest is 11, oldest 16. I've been separated from their Dad for 5 years and we don't live with my new partner, but obviously that will have to change before the baby arrives.

I have a 3 bed house with 2 very spacious bedrooms. The third is not big at all. My daughter only gets a bed, wardrobe and small desk in there. If she moves to her sisters room is still big enough for all her stuff and maybe a partition for some privacy should she want it.

Star That sounds like a good set up in all fairness.

I thought you were going to put a new little one into an existing child's room and have them in there together. It can cause a lot of upset and resentment... I know from experience.

I moved out at 16 when my mum tried doing that to me. There were no space available in my two other sisters room, which was already quite packed with two beds and a wardrobe