Having a Baby! How to Handle the Exciting News
Nicholl McGuire
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The news shocked the nerves of yet another couple "You are pregnant," the nurse announced. The couple had talked about the possibility of having a child one day, just not so soon after meeting each other less than a year ago. They both were in agreement about not having an abortion, but quietly they 
wished that the news had been untrue at least for now.
Once the couple got over the shock, they told only a select few about the pregnancy. They weren't in a rush to reveal the baby news to all of their critical family and friends. They thought of their religious grandparents "You're not even married," their vain parents, "I'm too young to be a grandparent!" and their "too busy to care" friends, "That's nice, when are you coming over for drinks." Further, they knew no one on either side of their intermediate family would be celebrating yet another birth, since their siblings had already filled the first grandchildren vacancies. Therefore, with all the knowledge they knew about family and friends and their views on children, they silently made plans to provide the best that they could for their firstborn offspring without making this birth announcement a big deal.
Your story may not be as sad as this one, but the reality is not everyone is happy about a child being born. The way you handle the news will be very different than the way your mate and those around you will handle the news. Even people who really love children and have always wanted children will be ecstatic initially about a new birth announcement, but later as the second, third, fourth and so on come about, for some their smiling faces will turn into frowns. Women will think of the stress their body will undergo, while men will think of the cost to pay for a child. Your mate may want to talk about everything from how you are feeling to what is the next thing on the list to buy, while you may only want to be left alone to your thoughts. This attitude is quite normal, but how long you dwell in the shock of it all may affect your relationship with both your mate and your newborn.
Once the couple got over the shock, they told only a select few about the pregnancy. They weren't in a rush to reveal the baby news to all of their critical family and friends. They thought of their religious grandparents "You're not even married," their vain parents, "I'm too young to be a grandparent!" and their "too busy to care" friends, "That's nice, when are you coming over for drinks." Further, they knew no one on either side of their intermediate family would be celebrating yet another birth, since their siblings had already filled the first grandchildren vacancies. Therefore, with all the knowledge they knew about family and friends and their views on children, they silently made plans to provide the best that they could for their firstborn offspring without making this birth announcement a big deal.
Your story may not be as sad as this one, but the reality is not everyone is happy about a child being born. The way you handle the news will be very different than the way your mate and those around you will handle the news. Even people who really love children and have always wanted children will be ecstatic initially about a new birth announcement, but later as the second, third, fourth and so on come about, for some their smiling faces will turn into frowns. Women will think of the stress their body will undergo, while men will think of the cost to pay for a child. Your mate may want to talk about everything from how you are feeling to what is the next thing on the list to buy, while you may only want to be left alone to your thoughts. This attitude is quite normal, but how long you dwell in the shock of it all may affect your relationship with both your mate and your newborn.