She announced her unexpected pregnancy on social media.
But Australian mummy blogger Constance Hall revealed the baby news took a turn for the worse after she came under attack by vicious trolls.
The Perth mother is expecting her first child with fiance Denim Cooke, a father-of-two who she met at a skate park earlier this year.
On Monday, the outspoken writer – who shares four children with her estranged husband Bill Mahon – shocked fans when she revealed details about her initial intentions of getting an abortion.
Mummy blogger Constance Hall is expecting her first child with fiance Denim Cooke (right)
The outspoken writer shares four young children with her estranged husband Bill Mahon
‘We are not ready for this and I am petrified, babies terrify me,’ she wrote.
‘But are we happy? Pigs in s***. Well…. I’m hormonal, I considered having an abortion this morning because Densy slept in.’
Many were unimpressed, with some slamming the mother-of-four over her ‘distasteful’ announcement.
‘The worst part of this is that someday the tiny human will learn via internet that it was an accidental pregnancy & that it’s “parent” considered an abortion,’ one wrote.
Another said: ‘Glad the child was an accident. Would hate to think she was reproducing intentionally.’
‘Such RESPONSIBLE parenting! NOT! No doubt she will tell this poor child he/she was an accident and make a JOKE of it!’ one posted.
And another wrote: ‘She’s not very intelligent because her child will grow up to read the title of this article and will be hurt to read that they were a “mistake”.’
Shortly after she was bombarded with cruel remarks, Ms Hall shared a ‘snippet of what I have to live with in the public eye’
The mother met her now-fiance Denim Cooke, a father-of-two at a skate park earlier this year
Shortly after she was bombarded with cruel remarks, Ms Hall shared a ‘snippet of what I have to live with in the public eye’.
‘Thank you for all of your lovely comments of support,’ she wrote.
‘We regularly receive messages about how this forum helps women survive, leave or just carry on. I believe in this page and it’s Queens.
‘Don’t ever think your kindness towards me falls on deaf ears, it keeps me alive.’
Following the backlash, Ms Hall issued an apology, saying her pregnancy announcement was just a tongue-in-cheek post
Following the backlash, Ms Hall issued an apology, saying her pregnancy announcement was just a tongue-in-cheek post.
‘A lot of people are angry that I joked about abortion. Actually, I was dead set serious, I did consider an abortion this morning,’ she said.
‘I even called my sister and told her I was considering one. Yes I was hormonal and upset. And I use humour to lighten situations.
‘I am pro choice, I always have been and I believe in normalising abortions, they shouldn’t be a dirty secret that we don’t discuss in public forums.
‘That said, I consider abortions and miscarriages/fertility issues two very separate topics. And I would never joke about the latter.
‘So I am sorry for offending those that were offended.It wasn’t intended to offend.’
Earlier this year, Ms Hall revealed she and her estrange husband of six years Bill Mahon were separating following their marriage breakdown (pictured together)
On Monday, she revealed her unexpected pregnancy to more than a million of her Facebook fans
Her apology comes after she revealed her unexpected pregnancy to more than a million of her Facebook fans.
‘The commune is welcoming another baby,’ the post read.
‘We have no idea how it slipped through. We tried everything, on and off bouts of the pill (until it flared my colitis too much), withdrawal, morning after pills.
‘We actually have no idea how this baby slipped through. But it did. I think I’m about eight weeks, haven’t been to a doctor or anything yet.’
But despite her concerns, Ms Hall reassured her fans she ‘loved this mother f*****, with every inch of my bloated body.
‘We are our kids biggest fans and we don’t see the harm in putting a new little soul right in the middle of it all,’ she continued.
‘Expect complaining… a lot of complaining. Baby number 7 is due sometime around June.’
Earlier this year, Ms Hall revealed she and her estrange husband of six years were separating following their marriage breakdown.