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1 Would You Tell Your Child If He or She Was a Surprise?
Pregnancy
2 Did You Have a Surprise Pregnancy?
parenting
3 Study Says Surprise Pregnancy Children Are Treated Different
Pregnancy
4 Surprise Pregnancy: Do You Know the Facts?
Baby Showers
5 Unplanned Pregnancy Cake Topper: Tasteless or Sign of the Times?
Cheeky "Oops!" cake topper in aisle four of the craft store! Is mama celebrating a shotgun wedding or a surprise pregnancy? It's hard to tell, but I spied this decoration and wondered what others would make of it. What's your take, is it tasteless to celebrate an unplanned pregnancy with brazen decorations and jokes, or just an honest sign of the times? Unplanned Pregnancy Cake Topper: Read more
For all of the planning, temperature taking, and charting many women go through to become pregnant, unplanned pregnancies also happen. Fifty-eight percent of LilSugar readers have had surprise pregnancies and shows like MTV's 16 and Pregnant make accidental pregnancies more evident. Test your knowledge by taking this quiz. Take the Quiz Read more
Mothers can study birth control options, monitor their cycles and try to carefully map out family expansion, but surprise pregnancies still happen. Though most parents joke about it later, a new study in the journal of Child Development reveals that unexpected babies – both those that weren't planned at all and those that did not occur when their parents expected them – receive "fewer Read more
Families happen whether they are planned or not! While some couples carefully orchestrate conception, other women end up pregnant as a result of miscalculated dates, birth control gone awry or other reasons. Sometimes the surprise ends up being a family secret. Did you have an unplanned pregnancy? Source Did You Have a Surprise Pregnancy? Yes — We had a surprise! No — My Read more
I have more than one friend that refers to herself as "an accident" and all are fine with the knowledge. Odd age gaps between siblings or parents telling them they were a "welcomed surprise" are two telltale signs. But regardless of age, does a child need to know that they are the result of a missed pill or condom breaking? Would you tell your tot that they were the result of an unplanned Read more
This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I have just found out that I am pregnant! For the first time in my 24 years of existance, I am having a pregnancy scare that has actually turned to a pregnancy reality. I am 8 weeks in but out of my mind thinking what I should do. The situation I am in becomes bit harder because I have Read more
Stories of rampant teen sexting have filled TV shows and cable news channels for so many years now that you'd think it's the main use of cell phones in the demographic. Not so, says a new study from the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center, which interviewed over 1,500 10- through 17-year-olds on their use of suggestive texting. The survey shows that a smaller Read more
If you glance at a newsstand, you know MTV's 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom are fodder for the tabloids, but do the teen-pregnancy reality shows also make good teaching material? The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy thinks so. Considering the popularity of the show, the group believes adults who work with teens should use 16 and Pregnant as a learning tool. They've Read more
For the first time, the Ad Council has produced a public service announcement for birth control. The council teamed up with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy to make a light-hearted ad that directs women to Bedsider.com, a site that lets you explore tons of birth control options. In the spot, a sunny French tune plays as couples confront awkward situations while Read more
DrSugar is in the house! And this week she's discussing how to deal with an unplanned cesarean birth based on her own experience. Hello to all the readers out there! After a six-week hiatus, I’m back after having a beautiful baby boy and ready to answer your questions! However, this week, I’d like to share my birth story, which includes an unplanned cesarean section, so I will be offering Read more
