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Broke And Pregnant: What It's Really Like To Be Strapped For Cash When You're Expecting
The content below was sourced from real posts on the Whisper app, the largest online community where people anonymously share real thoughts and feelings. Join the community to continue the conversation today. Taking care of a child is an expensive task. A whole other human being is depending on you! Unfortunately for these women, they're entering their pregnancies during a financial low in their life. As if pregnancy wasn't hard enough, these women now have to deal with financial stress on top of their heightening hormones. See how money problems play a role in their pregnancies.

Not cool.

1
We're broke and I'm pregnant and he wants money for alcohol when I don't know how to pay for my doctor appointment. He is so selfish.

From:
Somewhere

Not good!

2
I'm pregnant and it's so frustrating not being able to eat the food that you've been craving for weeks because we're broke.

From:
Somewhere

How stressful.

3
I'm so poor, I'm thinking about getting a 2nd job while 5 months pregnant.

From:
Oldham, Missouri, US

Scary.

4
I'm pregnant and I can only hope my boyfriend is happy and ready for the tough road ahead...we're broke.

From:
Illinois

Not good for the baby!

5
Hate being broke and pregnant. Eating some boiled pasta noodles and half rotten arugula I found in my fridge for dinner... I’m so so hungry. :(

From:
Juneau, Alaska, US

Some luck!

6
Somehow, both of my forms of birth control failed. I can barely afford my car payments. I don't know how I will afford this child. I am so scared.

From:
Paine Field-Lake Stickney, Washington, US

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