Jennie Garth took to social media this week to document her daughter Fiona’s move to college.
The 53-year-old mom-of-three — who co-parents with ex-husband Peter Facinelli — shared an Instagram reel showing the step-by-step process of decorating the 18-year-old’s first-ever dorm room.
‘Come with me as I help my daughter move into her freshman dorm. I can’t believe this moment is finally here. I just couldn’t stop hugging her,’ she said in a voiceover.
The mother-daughter duo made a productive team as they packed and unloaded a white SUV, sanitized the room, and later decorated.
‘It definitely needed a little love, so we rearranged some things, did some cleaning, and then came the fun part,’ the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star said in the clip.
She added in her caption, ‘Moving Fiona into her college dorm was surreal today, to say the least. My little birdie is flying the nest, such a bittersweet feeling as a momma.’
Jennie Garth took to social media this week to document her daughter Fiona’s move to college
The 53-year-old mom-of-three shared an Instagram reel showing the step-by-step process of decorating the 18-year-old’s first-ever dorm room; pictured in May
In addition to Fiona, exes Jennie and Peter share Luca, 28, and Lola, 22.
Fiona joined the actress on the latest episode of her I Choose Me podcast earlier this week, where she recounted her teen pregnancy scare.
She explained she was once mistakenly told she was pregnant after going with her mother to Planned Parenthood for birth control.
During a Q&A session, one fan asked for tips on how to talk to her daughter about birth control.
That’s when the Bad Influence star shared her own ‘terrible/funny/awkward/terrible story.’
She revealed she’d gotten her mom to agree to accompany her to the clinic ‘to go on birth control because I had “irregular periods.”‘
Jennie went on to explain the actual reason was because ‘I had a boyfriend, and I just wanted to be safe.’
A staff member later emerged with what was believed to be the results of Jennie’s urine test and said that she was pregnant. It forced her to be honest with her mom about being sexually active.
‘Come with me as I help my daughter move into her freshman dorm. I can’t believe this moment is finally here,’ she said in a voiceover
The mother-daughter duo rolled out a rug as one of the finishing touches
‘I just couldn’t stop hugging her,’ the proud mom gushed
Garth co-parents with ex-husband Peter Facinelli; seen in 2005
‘I was instantly just, like, red all over. I was hot, like, sweaty. Like, I didn’t know what to do,’ she said of her panic and confusion.
‘Because I had — in that moment — to be honest with my mom, in the most uncomfortable situation, about the fact that I had already had sex and that I had been lying to her about it.’
The doctor subsequently returned to the room and said, ‘Oh, oops. That was not your pee. That was someone else’s pee.’
Jennie said she was ‘furious’ at the time, but noted it was a learning lesson.
‘It’s important to open up the channels of discussion… there’s nothing you shouldn’t talk to your mom about,’ she told Fiona and her listeners.
‘There’s no shame around it,’ she said about the decision to have sex. ‘It’s a natural thing, and it deserves feeling comfortable.’
