How do I (26F) break it to my husband (26M) that I am mistakenly pregnant when we are already struggling to fund our two kids?
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My husband and I have been together since 16 and we are now 26.<br>He is an engineer and I'm a nurse aide.<br>We have a 3 year old and a newborn (2 mo) and am struggling to make ends meet. I have $3000 in savings, but that is going to go to the car soon because it needs a new transmission. We work 50-60 hr weeks just to barely keep our heads above water.<br>I took a pregnancy test, and lo and behold we are expecting our 3rd. I am absolutely heartbroken. I am sick to my stomach thinking about this because I already feel so overwhelmed with the two we have.<br>How do I tell my husband I’m pregnant? I get the feeling he is going to think I messed up because he knows I’m on the implant. I’m going to tell him it’s not my fault, but I know he will be angry.<br>How do we afford another? We consolidate everything so we can pay our bills on time, and we are barely able to afford food sometimes.<br>How do we make this work? We can’t rely on our families because we live 2k miles away from them. I can only hope he’s open to using the savings towards something.<br><br>EDIT: Holy crap guys I didn’t think this post would blow up, but now I’m panicking even more. We do have a lot of student loans, a car payment, credit cards, and an insane mortgage so that’s why I have no room for wiggling as far as finances go. I understand some of you saying we won’t be able to get an abortion, but I’m just trying to see if I have any options.<br><br>I’m going to tell him tonight, because I can’t keep this in any longer.<br>Thank you for the advice. ❤️<br><br>EDIT #2: so I told him, and he’s absolutely crushed. He’s very close to his kids, but he’s said he doesn’t know how he feels about this. He’s going to take some time to process it, and we’ll talk later.<br><br>Like I said before, I changed my mind about an abortion because I realize I am too far to get one. I’m going to make this work, as much as it kills me.<br><br>But as I said before, I’m trying very hard to be emotionally prepared. I’m going to make it work no matter what, and I will make it work for my kid. I’ve told him that, as well.<br><br>EDIT #3: I’ve told him I am willing to try for an abortion, even though I’m a little too far along, and he’s agreed. That’s all we’ve done so far, we’ve done nothing else but sign up for an appointment and sign some papers with the doctor. We’re waiting for the doctor to get back to us, but it’s looking like we won’t have any luck because I’m too far along.
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