[Montraviatommyg]

I was working so didn't go away to have my son.

Pip

[eastendmommy]

Yes, as soon as the cat was out of the bag, I was whisked off to a Home for Unwed Mothers....what would the neighbors think, for crying out loud!!! Insert the "who cares?" smiley face here! Couldn't get rid of me fast enough. To this day, I have no idea what they told people while I was gone...don't know if my Grandparents ever knew, or my Aunts and Uncles, cousins, etc.

And then, we were expected to return back home as if nothing had happened and resume our lives (I hope you learned your lesson, young lady... now go and sin no more...) It just makes me want to scream just thinking about it...

Hugs, Tammi

[bmomliz16]

Dropped off on a stranger's doorstep - adoption agency owner's - back in school two weeks after the birth - and told DENY, DENY, DENY!

And pretty much EXACTLY what Tammi just said, I always wondered how that got explained also. And it makes me want to scream thinking about it too. The "situation" is never brought up at all, but they have no problem asking about BD now that we communicate. So odd.

[SchmennaLeigh]

None of the above, really. I came home when I found out I was pregnant but lived in my own apartment. I didn't live at home. I wasn't sent away. And I didn't go away.

So those options don't apply.

[vera19]

After giving birth to my daughter back in summer 2004...i was kicked out of the house..while still in the hospital.

Im shocked to see the percentage of people that were sent away...its sad.

[Montraviatommyg]

Sorry Jenna I'm so good at missing out at least one option ...duly rapped on the knuckles again "Mum" ...I'll be cheeky.

Pip

[MKW]

I know my b-mom was also whisked away from home when other plans fell through.

[janiej]

"Whisked away" when I started "showing" too much. The month before "the home", I stayed on my own home, supposedly ill from a kidney disase of some kind. Would have to lie on the sofa when company came, IF I couldn't make it upstairs to the bedroom first.
I hadn't thought about all of that for years, until reunion actually ( nearly 40 years later)................... I am one of the "bad girls" of the 60's.

I swear~~~ the whole family ( though I love them still), could have all worked for the FBI, CIA, Interpol, whatever. It amazes me when I think back on it, the huge "coverups" that went on for months.

Came back home "afterwards", right back into senior year of high school, as if nothing had happened. I was "cured". Hallelujah !!!!!!!!!!

[irisheyes33]

Answering for my bmom here...

She went to a Booth Home because she lost her job (pregnancy was showing...hey, it was the 60's) and had no money, no place else to go...and the Booth Home was there. For some reason, she didn't go home even though she describes her parents as "distantly supportive". I haven't gotten the full story there yet.

She did say that she made many friends there and they were a great support system. So for that I'm grateful.

[Jackiejdajda]

I was told I could not show up at my mom and dads apartment pregnant and showing.. My dad worked where they lived and they could not have dealt with the shame of having a pregnant unmarried daughter.. It would have been a form of failure..

I was able to work till I showed.. I can remember when my bson went into my back.. I had kept my tummy flat with girdles and he must have gone into my back.. I can remember sitting up all nite.. Sleeping with my head on a table..

I quit my job abruptly and mom and dad and I found a motel in Boca Raton.. It was such peaceful time for me.. I had my money in place and mom and dad brought me food etc.. I did not have to work and I did not have to hide the pregnancy..
I was anonymous.. now I think of it..

Time out..

Then after I had my son and moved in with mom and dad I had to get back on the merry go round.. Job hunting.. etc..

Jackie

[Benedicta]

[quote=jani I was "cured".Hallelujah !!!!!!!!!![/QUOTE]

Janie...you are too funny ...you crack me up !!!!

vicky

[lahdh4]

I had my own apartment so none of the above.

[RiverGal]

None of the above for me either.

I lived in a commune. When I found out I was pregnant, I tried to go home but had caused too much drama for the family...ended up in foster care.

The foster home was gawd-awful...long story.

I was on my own when I delivered. Parented for 6 months.

~Deb

[dkb60]

Technically, I guess I chose to go away. I went the last 3 or so weeks of my pregnancy to the home run by the adoption agency. I was told "it would make their paper work easier". And it was all about making their life easier, right. It was an awful 3 weeks.
D.

[Free_to_be_me]

I lived at home with my parents and sister the entire time. We didn't specifically try to hide the pregnancy, but I didn't really show until I was about 8 months along so we just didn't tell many people until then. It wasn't a shame thing, I just wasn't ready for people to know. My parents were incredibly supportive and would have let me stay at home with the baby for as long as I needed to if I had chosen to parent.