If you feel you can't tell your father in person, Write a note or go to a friends house and call and tell him. I'm sure he'll be mad at first but he'll calm down and realize you're having a baby. You're almost 18 so there isn't anything he can really do. There wasn't in the first place. It's YOUR decision on what you want to do. whether it's keep the baby, give it up or have an abortion.

By the time the baby is due you'd be done with school, correct? You'd be due around mid-September-ish.

I don't know where you live but SOME places you DON'T have to have an adult with you especially since you are so close to being 18. You can research/call places around you and ask...

good luck...

-Ashley

u can go to doctor even without parents consent.....stress out honey....too much worrying is not healthy for u and ur baby....

I wanted to tell my mum over the phone, that was my plan but seeing as Dom told his mum first she took it upon herself to call my mum. If telling your dad over the phone is easier for you then go ahead. Aslong as he gets told

i got preg right before school started last school year, i was a senoir, 17 years old and due 3 weeks before i graduated

now im 19 have a beautiful 7 month old daughter and a high school diploma

you can do it, are you more worried about telling your mum or your dad? which ever you are less worried about tell them first, then if they take it well you have someone to fall back on if the other doesnt take it well, and calling your dad from a friends house isnt a bad idea, there are quite a few girls here who have left their parents notes and left for the day so they could read them

is the babys father going to be in the picture? do you have more support incase you father isnt supportive?

and yes i know at least once you turn 18 you can gosee a doc on your own i dont see why you couldnt now even, do you have insurance that will cover you after you turn 18? if not you should get on medicaid

good luck, im here if you need me

~alicia~

I think that if you are set in your ways to keeping this child, you need to make the first step and face your actions. Tell your father to his face not over the phone or via a note. Yes He is going to be angry. But if you want to make the adult decision of being a parent. You need to be an adult.

your going to be a parent and you need to be mature about it.

sit him down and just tell him straight up.
but make sure you have a plan.
you need to be a grown up now and act like one. running to your friends house is only going to hurt your dad and make him feel like you dont trust him.

Going off of personal experience after asking everyone what i should they all said tell them in person seeing as my parents are dicorced i told my mom first and before i knew it she was on the phone with my dad... your dad may suprise you! Just like mine he was more concerned about me and the way i felt than his personal beliefs and now me and him are closer than we have ever been in my entire life!

Looking back on it i was in a panic and stressed out i know it may be hard but i just needed to step back from everyone else and breathe. When i look back i see a whirl wind of people putting stuff in my head and persueding me to do what they wanted and my mom would take any measure to make sure i did what she wanted me to do(have an abortion). I went through with the abortion and i can say it was the biggest mistake of my life but i believe everything happens for a reason and whatever my mind set was that day is what brought me to where i am today.

Listen lock yourself in your room or take a longggggg shower take a deep breath an consider your options. Telling your parents will make it easier for you to do decide even if they do go nuts when they find out its only normal, right? You can even right the pro's an con's of each option(adoption, abortion, or keep the baby)but let it be your decision! No matter what! Make that promise to yourself that your choosing what you truely, heart felt, honestly want to do. I wish you good luck and courage!

stef, if you want a child so badly, why not get married, move in to your own place, get good jobs so you can support yourselves and your child, and then have one?

thank you for your advice everyone. it helped me so much.

but hey why did you just make another post today saying you dont know if your pregnant?

hmmm
well

please do explain

i did? when was this?

you posted this on the 18th