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how to advise and support pregnant daughter

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notanan2 Thu 21-Mar-19 00:24:29

Glad Alice whinged-off in the end. Didnt like her and too much pairing off at the end would be annoying.

Glad the Duncan/Perez bromance won out.

notanan2 Thu 21-Mar-19 00:14:03

Oh god dont get involved. EVERYTHING about DH repulsed and annoyed me during one of my pregnancies, its like I became emotionally allergic to him: disappeared after the birth.

Then again they might have real problems that have nothing to do with pregnancy and if you suggest to a pregnant woman that its her hormones talking it wont go down well.

Maybe she just needs someone to rant to to blow off steam, if she needs more than that she will tell/ask you. Dont make suggestions just listen

crazyH Wed 20-Mar-19 23:27:00

Raging hormones.
Ofcourse you are worried.....it's early days. Let them first make decision regarding their relationship. Be there for her but don't interfere. Good luck and I hope it's all sorted sooner rather than later .

agnurse Wed 20-Mar-19 18:54:55

PLEASE do not get involved in her relationship.

Parents should never get involved in AC's relationships and AC should never ask their parents to get involved. A parent's instinct is to protect a child. That's natural. That's normal. But it also means that by definition a parent is never an objective observer of the situation.

Let her figure out what she wants to do.

kittylester Wed 20-Mar-19 16:34:46

Welcome to gransnet if you are new seffy138

luluaugust Wed 20-Mar-19 16:33:56

I guess what happens next depends on things like her age, his age, how long they have been together etc. Has she told him yet and has this come from his reaction. Definitely do as aggie suggests certainly for the time being, they might work things out and its best if you have said as little as possible.

aggie Wed 20-Mar-19 16:23:21

Her relationship , both responsible for the baby , their decision . Don't give advice listen and mop the tears , anything you say will be regurgitated later

seffy138 Wed 20-Mar-19 16:16:36

Daughter has recently found out that she's pregnant. It's still very early days but already she has me worrying with her latest news that she doesn't feel her and her boyfriend will last much longer. She claims that everything about him just annoys her. She's fully aware that stress is never a good thing but feels that the longer she keeps quiet the more stressed she's going to feel. In my eyes he's a nice lad but I guess I'm not there. Just not sure how to support her. I know hormones are all running rife at the moment so don't much like the idea of her steaming in with hormones raging to then regret her words.
Don't want to be melodramatic nor do I want to be too interfering but I just worry...