What is going on with teenager pregnancy?

Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since ’91

Check out the article in New York times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/health/06birth.html?_r=1

Teen Stars that are Pregnant

Even though teen stars are getting pregnant do you wont to be like them.

• Teen mothers are less likely to graduate from high school.
  
• Teen mothers are more likely than women who delay child bearing to live in poverty and to require public assistance.
  
• Children of teen mothers are more likely to be born at low birth weight, to have health and developmental problems, and to be abused and/or neglected.
• The cost of teen pregnancy amounts to an estimated $7 billion annually in lost tax revenues, public assistance, health care, and other costs.

http://www.troubledteen101.com/articles36.html

Teen Motheres

Teen pregnancy is an important issue. There are health risks for the baby and children born to teenage mothers are more likely to suffer health, social, and emotional problems. Women who become pregnant during their teens have an increased risk for complications, such as premature labor and socioeconomic consequences as well.

Pregnant teens can have many different emotional reactions:

• some may not want their babies


• some may want them for idealized and unrealistic ways


• others may view the creation of a child as an achievement and not recognize the serious responsibilities


• some may keep a child to please another family member


• some may want a baby to have someone to love, but not recognize the amount of care the baby needs


• depression is also common among pregnant teens


• many do not anticipate that their adorable baby can also be demanding and sometimes irritating


• some become overwhelmed by guilt, anxiety, and fears about the future


• depression is also common among pregnant teens

http://www.womenshealthchannel.com/teenpregnancy/index.shtml