Step daughter pregnant..

[Lovemusic33]

DSD is 17 (almost 18) I am separated from her dad. She's just messaged me to say she's 12 weeks pregnant but she hasn't told her dad yet and doesn't know how, she knows he will be disappointed. Baby is due a couple weeks before the start of her exams (a levels). She's 100% sure she wants to go ahaead with the pregnancy and I have offered support so she can still sit her exams but of course this will all depend on everything running smoothly with her pregnancy/birth. I have told her how important it is that she sits her exams even though it will be hard leaving her newborn to do so.

I feel uncomfortable about me knowing and not her father, what's the easiest way for her to tell him?

It's lovely she can confide in you. Does she have support from her mum? I think if I were her I'd wait a while to tell her dad so that the bump is firmly there - it's so hard to be annoyed when faced with that! Does she see him regularly?

Her mum is supportive. All her daughters have had babies at a young age (earlier than dsd), I was really hoping that dsd would be the sensible one as she had plans to go to uni. I really hope she sits her exams so she can maybe go back to following her career path/education one day. Her mums side of the family are very supportive as this seems to be the norm for them, her dad will be upset but I'm not sure if he will be shocked.

I think she needs to tell him soon as it would be horrible if he hears it from someone else.