Mama June won't sugarcoat feelings on daughter's pregnancy

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Sara McGinnis

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The Here Comes Honey Boo Boo gang is set to grow, but not everyone's happy to hear there's a baby on the way. June Shannon (known as Mama June to most thanks to the now defunct TLC show) has announced her daughter Anna Shannon Cardwell (nicknamed Chickadee) is once again pregnant.

"Well guess who will b a gigi and aunts again in December we will," the family matriarch wrote on Instagram, announcing the happy news. "@annamarie35 texted me late last night and told me she was 6 wks as of thursday."

The baby will be the second for 20-year-old Chickadee, who welcomed daughter Kaitlyn in 2012.

Mama June went on to opine, "They r too young to have another one i will support her and Michael but katilyn will always b gigis first baby." She continued, "I'm not going to sugar coat [this] im nervous for them as i know they r struggling with just them and katilyn right now and adding another one is going b hard."

Explaining Chickadee now lives in another state, which will make it hard for her to help out as much as she was able to with Kaitlyn, June said she's "going to try to b supportive as possible."

June, who knows a thing or two about having kids young as Chickadee was born when the reality star was just 15 herself, has come under some criticism for being so open about her concerns. It seems some out there think she would have been better off sending out only a congratulatory message and leaving the rest for a private conversation -- or keeping it to herself completely.

I've long been a believer that the best response to all pregnancy news is simply "Congratulations," and fortunately have only once or twice had to force a smile onto my face. In my personal opinion 20 doesn't seem too young to be pregnant for someone who has already been parenting a few years, but I feel what June was saying a little bit.

It's hard when someone you care for makes a move that you deep down don't feel is wise, but then again I've heard from those who are pregnant and have had some they care about be negative, and the doubting cuts deep.

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A look back at the family's memorable day at a pageant show in 2012. As Honey Boo Boo strutted on stage, her 5-week-old niece Kaitlyn, who was born with an extra digit, was cared for by a family friend and one of her aunts: