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Your daughter or sister needs to know you love her and will help her through this pregnancy and beyond. She is feeling very alone. She needs you and the rest of her family.
Tell her you love her and will be with her through the pregnancy and beyond. No matter how you might feel about the pregnancy, this baby is still your grandchild or niece or nephew. This young woman is still your daughter or sister and needs you now more than ever.
  
Let your daughter or sister talk to you about her fears.She has probably not had a pregnancy or a baby before. She is afraid and is not sure what to expect. Everything is scary and all the challenges seem bigger than before.
 
Talk with your sister or daughter about how her child is the next generation of your family. Her baby is going to carry your family into the future. That makes your daughter or sister’s new role as a mother very important to your family. She needs to understand that you appreciate what she’s doing for your family.
 
Help your daughter or sister to understand that she has not shamed your family by getting pregnant and continuing her pregnancy to term. Sure, this may not have been the best time but soon all of that will be forgotten as you meet and love your new family member. There are so many worse things in life than an unplanned pregnancy. Almost every family has had an unplanned pregnancy. Life goes on and your family will love and accept the new baby.
 
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