Seven years after her mother’s failed bid for vice president and one month after breaking off an engagement, Bristol Palin has announced she is pregnant with her second child.
Her previous pregnancy with son Tripp made headlines during Sarah Palin’s campaign with John McCain. Palin, then 17, got engaged to Tripp’s father, Levi Johnston, but they never married.
She announced her new pregnancy on her blog, writing, “Honestly, I’ve been trying my hardest to keep my chin up on this one…I know this has been, and will be, a huge disappointment to my family, to my close friends, and to many of you.” She said she was sharing the news much sooner than she had hoped, “due to the constant trolls who have nothing better to talk about.”
Just last month, Palin and her new fiancé Dakota Meyer called off their engagement. She has not said whether he is the father, and asked for privacy for herself and Tripp during this time. “I do not want any lectures,” she wrote, “and I do not want any sympathy.”
Chasing Sarah Palin’s One Nation Road Trip
Sarah Palin, former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, at the annual Rolling Thunder Memorial Day rally in which tens of thousands of motorcyclists ride through the nation's capital to honor US war veterans.
May 29, 2011 Dima Gavrysh for TIMEA man impersonates a prisoner of war as bikers wait for the start of the Rolling Thunder rally at the Pentagon parking lot in Washington, DC. Sunday, May 29, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin mingles with bikers at the Pentagon parking lot in Washington, DC, before the Rolling Thunder rally. Sunday, May 29, 2011 Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah Palin, takes part in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride to honor U.S. veterans in Washington May 29, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMEA purple heart pinned to a bikers boot at the start of the Rolling Thunder rally Washington, DC. Sunday, May 29, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMEBikers waiting for the start of the Rolling Thunder rally in Washington, DC. Sunday, May 29, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMEA coffin honoring soldiers who died in the Vietnam War at the start of the Rolling Thunder rally in Washington, DC. Sunday, May 29, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMEA group of school girls pose for a picture in front of the bus of Sarah Palin at a hotel in Gettysburg, PA, Monday, May 30, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin's toes, right, as she talks to reporters at a hotel parking lot with her daughter Piper, left, in Gettysburg, PA, Monday, May 30, 2011. Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin, right, talks to reporters at a hotel parking lot in Gettysburg, PA, as her daughter Piper waits to get back on the tour. At one point, Piper approached our photographer and said, "Thanks for ruining our vacation." Monday, May 30, 2011. Dima Gavrysh for TIMEFans attached notes to Palin's bus in a hotel parking lot in Gettysburg, PA, Monday, May 30, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin visits Gettysburg, PA, Tuesday, May 31, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMEA man snaps a cell phone photograph of Sarah Palin's bus at a hotel in Gettysburg, PA, Monday, May 30, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin and a staff member, right, talks to fans during her visit to Gettysburg, PA, Tuesday, May 31, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin talks to reporters at a hotel parking lot in Gettysburg, PA, Monday, May 30, 2011. Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin visits the Liberty Bell Museum during her brief stop in Philadelphia, PA, Tuesday, May 31, 2011.Dima Gavrysh for TIMEThe media mobs Sarah Palin during her brief stop at the Liberty Bell Museum in Philadelphia, PA, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Dima Gavrysh for TIMESarah Palin talks to fans outside the Liberty Bell Museum during her brief stop in Philadelphia, PA, Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Dima Gavrysh for TIME
