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37, Single, 1st Pregnancy. Anyone Else In Similar Situation?

8 posts on this thread and the last post was on August 16th, 2006 9:44 PM
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kabbot - August 9th, 2006 2:49 PM
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I am 37 years old and about 6 weeks pregnant with my first child. I currently live with my boyfriend who has 3 other children. This was not a planned pregnancy, so we are still trying to get over the shock a little. Is there anyone else out there that can relate to this situation or perhaps going through something similar? Thank you.


mammy16 - August 9th, 2006 7:32 PM

i thought u sed u were single...? lol congrats on ur pregnancy!!


katina - August 9th, 2006 10:05 PM

Hi kabbot. I am also single, 33, preggo with my first. My exboyfriend has has a 7 yr old daughter. This was also unplanned We tried a couple years ago but gave up, so this is a shock as well


kabbot - August 9th, 2006 11:10 PM

Thank you for the good wishes Mammy16.
Hi Katina. I'm glad to hear someone else is in the same boat. I have been struggling with the possibility of making my boyfriend an ex. How are you feeling about it all? I've always wanted a child, but this is far from the optimum situation I had in mind.



katina - August 10th, 2006 10:49 AM

Actually kabbo, we are not together anymore. We actually broke up earlier this year but continued to see each other. I am not sure how things are going to move forward. I have to shift my focus to the baby so that is my first priority.


kei317 - August 10th, 2006 12:21 PM

i'm 34 years old, pregnant and single. my boyfriend of 3 years bailed 3 days before wedding I was about 14 weeks at the time. tomorrow 23 weeks


kabbot - August 10th, 2006 10:11 PM

Wow kei. I'm sorry. I guess I should feel lucky my boyfriend still wants to be in the picture. Just as pregnancy seems to change us, I think it changes the men even more in some regards.


20maddie - August 16th, 2006 11:42 AM

Hi Everyone,
I am 39 single with first child. I am not sure if I am going to tell the father. We are still dating off and on. But something keeps holding me back from telling him. I am prepared to raise this baby alone, but it would be nice to have someone by my side. I guess i'm scared to find out the answer whether he would want the baby or not. Any advise.



kabbot - August 16th, 2006 9:44 PM

Hi Maddie. I was absolutely terrified to tell my boyfriend. This would make his 4th child with the 4th mother. It was definitely the last thing he wanted to have happen. I thought about breaking it off with him and disappearing to do it on my own. In the long run, I think I did the right thing telling him. Although he isn't exactly happy about it, his reaction wasn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. I had decided that I wanted to give him a chance to be a father to this child... mostly for the child itself. If you think he'd be a good father, you should give him that chance. The more I read some of the posts on this website, the more I truly believe that. And if you want to keep this baby, he can't bully you into doing anything different. It's ultimately your decision. Take care and good luck. I hope it works out alright.