Lita Jordan – Teen Pregnancy | Facts, Rates, Stories, Help, Articles, Effects https://teenpregnancy.com Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:46:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 How To Help Your Friend Through Her Teen Pregnancy https://teenpregnancy.com/help-friend-teen-pregnancy/ Sat, 13 Oct 2018 22:23:25 +0000 https://teenpregnancy.com/?p=90 Finding out your friend is pregnant can come with quite a mix of emotion. You may feel shocked, sad, scared, or even disappointed. While it is completely ok to have feelings about your friend’s teen pregnancy, can you imagine how your friend must feel? I would imagine that she is likely struggling with many of the same emotions. It is in this time that you can choose to make your friend deal with your emotions or help them try to get through their own. A great friend is one of the greatest gifts they can be given during this frightening

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]]> Finding out your friend is pregnant can come with quite a mix of emotion. You may feel shocked, sad, scared, or even disappointed. While it is completely ok to have feelings about your friend’s teen pregnancy, can you imagine how your friend must feel? I would imagine that she is likely struggling with many of the same emotions. It is in this time that you can choose to make your friend deal with your emotions or help them try to get through their own. A great friend is one of the greatest gifts they can be given during this frightening time.

Compassion
Along with not letting your emotions about your friend’s pregnancy get in the way of being a good friend, you will need to exude a lot of compassion during their pregnancy. Compassion will mean remaining understanding and expressing empathy for your friend throughout their more trying times. They will likely have many people coming against them for getting pregnant so young. They may even lose some friends and family. Being compassionate of their situation despite everyone else will mean the world to your friend.

Support
In teen pregnancy, the pregnant mother will need all of the support they can muster. This will be especially true if your friend does not have the support of their family or other friends. This does not necessarily mean that you are supporting the idea of teen pregnancy, just that you are supporting your friend. Being a good friend during your friend’s pregnancy and supporting them may look different depending on the level at which your friend has others to support them. Supporting your friend may be as little as being there for her emotionally. It may also mean helping her find support services or help her make a plan for her pregnancy.

Journey With Her
Supporting your friend may also mean being her right hand through the pregnancy. If she is lacking any other support, she may need someone who can be there for her in a more involved way. While it is understandable that your friend’s pregnancy can not interrupt your life, making yourself available to the best of your ability will likely help your friend substantially. Pregnancy will be a long and arduous process. Going through pregnancy alone is scary if nothing else. Knowing that they have a shoulder to lean on and someone who will be there throughout the whole pregnancy can provide peace of mind to your friend when they feel alone in their pregnancy.

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]]> How To Tell Your Parents You’re Pregnant https://teenpregnancy.com/how-to-tell-your-parents-youre-pregnant/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 20:09:28 +0000 https://teenpregnancy.com/?p=38 Seeing those two lines on a pregnancy test can be terrifying when it was not expected or sought after. The second thought that often comes to mind is how to tell your parents you’re pregnant. It may be tempting to keep it a secret or delay telling them, but this is not the best plan of action. They will find out sooner or later. It is vital to the health of yourself and your child to tell them as soon as possible to get the proper care. It may be painful to tell them, but not doing so could be

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]]> Seeing those two lines on a pregnancy test can be terrifying when it was not expected or sought after. The second thought that often comes to mind is how to tell your parents you’re pregnant. It may be tempting to keep it a secret or delay telling them, but this is not the best plan of action. They will find out sooner or later. It is vital to the health of yourself and your child to tell them as soon as possible to get the proper care. It may be painful to tell them, but not doing so could be detrimental and is only delaying the inevitable.

When telling your parents you are pregnant, it is best to take the approach of ripping off the band aid. Find a time where each parent is in an even keeled mood and sit them down to tell them in a private place. If you need support, ask an adult whom you both trust, such as a grandparent, aunt, uncle, etc. to be there as well for support. It may feel like it is the hardest thing you will ever do, but it is best to simply tell them, “I am pregnant.” You will have to deal with a lot of emotions. It is important to let them feel what they need to feel.


If you are worried they may be angry, utilize the idea of having a support person there with you. Do not tell them in public. It may make you feel safer, but it will only escalate the situation. After that, give them time. Take the first few days with a grain of salt until emotions have had a chance to play out. Just as you were shocked and fearful of the news, your parents will likely be as well. It can be hard to see the plans that you have for your child change so drastically. Talk out your plans with your parents and do your best to keep them involved and informed in the process. They can be your greatest support system. It is proven that having a good familial support is key. Tell them early, give them time and space, and remain truthful and open throughout your pregnancy.

Written by Lita Jordan

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