US EditionDear Abby: My partner has adult children, and I’m unexpectedly pregnant
- A 43-year-old woman, with a partner of five years, learned she is pregnant.
- The woman did not anticipate having a child at this stage in her life.
- She is happy and cautiously excited but unsure how her partner will react.
- Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, advises, "Tell your partner NOW."
- Planning should commence to integrate the baby into the household, considering potential financial implications.
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18 Articles
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A pregnant woman exhausted from being pregnant and tired of being seen only as a pregnant and saturated woman that everyone tries to tell her what to do as a pregnant woman. And wanting to kill. Literally, no metaphors. It is the premise with which Mara Faye Lethem (New York, 1971) wrote The Arrival of Baby X, her first novel and with which Plasson & Bartleboom premiered editorial last fall. Faye has been publishing for years, and receiving awar…
Dear Abby: Unsure how partner will feel about surprise pregnancy
DEAR ABBY: My partner and I have been together more than five years now. He has two adult children. I learned two days ago that I am pregnant. At 43 years old, I didn't think a child was in my future. But now that I'm pregnant, I couldn't be happier. I'm cautiously excited because I am unsure what my partner's reaction is going to be. I haven't shared with him that I'm expecting. How quickly do I need to tell him? — PREGNANT PAUSE IN NEW YORKDEA…
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