Teenage girls are already going through dramatic physical changes, so adequate nutrition during teenage pregnancy is particularly important. Because adolescent growth is not complete for about four years after the first menstrual cycle, many...
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reports that teen pregnancy is almost always a crisis for the teens involved and their families. A teen who gives birth will suddenly realize that her life has to change. She might have to...
Becoming pregnant and having a child is a huge responsibility at any age, but discovering you're pregnant when you're still a teenager can feel earth shattering. Before you became pregnant, your main concerns centered on studying for finals and...
Teenage moms may feel unprepared to tackle even the basics of infant care. Often, their living, financial and educational arrangements are precarious, and they can find it difficult to focus on their baby's needs. However, teaching teenage moms...
Facing a pregnancy can be frightening for any teenager. There are a lot of unexpected issues the teen will face as she makes decisions that will affect her and her unborn child. Pregnant teens not only need to prepare for a lifestyle with baby,...
When a child abuses a parent, the problem often goes unreported. Parents have a natural desire to protect their children, so the idea of seeking mental and even legal help is dismissed in the interest of protecting the abuser. This is done all...
According to Save the Children, every year women below the age of 20 give birth to 13 million children worldwide. In America, the teen birth and abortion rate is 55.6 and 30.2 per thousand births, respectively. Medline Plus indicates that there is...
Teenagers who get pregnant have greater risks for health issues with the baby than a woman who is 20 or older. Since most teenage girls don't plan to get pregnant, they are less likely to receive prenatal care in the first trimester, which is a...
Teenage pregnancy is a difficult situation for everyone involved, yet thousands of young women become pregnant every year. Teenagers are not mentally, physically or emotionally ready to care for babies, yet they are often forced to do so by the...
Nearly 440,000 teenagers gave birth in the United States in 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seventy-eight percent of these pregnancies were unplanned. Although teenage pregnancy rates have declined in recent...
Expectant teenage mothers are at risk for experiencing complications during pregnancy that can cause health issues for both mother and child. A lack of physical readiness for pregnancy, combined with risky lifestyle choices such as smoking and...
A teenage pregnancy carries physical consequences for the mother, and it can also affect the physical development of the unborn baby and his future development. It is possible for a baby born out of a teenage pregnancy to be healthy and...
According to the March of Dimes, 30% of young women younger than 20 years of age become pregnant at least once. Because of the wide-ranging effects to the individual mothers and children as well as society as a whole, programs to help prevent teen...
Teenage birth rates in the United States exceed those in most developed countries, according to the March of Dimes. Teenage mothers have much higher risks for medical complications during pregnancy and are the least likely to seek out prenatal...
Out of all the industrialized countries of the world, the United States has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's website, StayTeen.org. Because there are several risks...
When the mother of a baby has not matured physically, she runs the risk of experiencing many complications during the childbirth process. These complications come in both physical and emotional forms, although the physical problems can cause the...
The teen pregnancy rate in the United States is higher than in any other developed nation, with 34 percent of teenage girls becoming pregnant before the age of 20. Raising a child at such as young age can place a teenage mother under extreme...
The Feminist Women's Health Center reports that a sexually active teenager who does not use contraception has a 90 percent chance of becoming pregnant within one year. Teenagers also become pregnant when contraceptive methods, such as condoms or...
Girls between the ages of 15 and 19 gave birth to 409,840 infants in 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Teenage pregnancy carries more health risks because many pregnant teens don't receive adequate prenatal care....
The rate of teen pregnancy increased in 2006 for the first time in 10 years, up 3 percent, according to a January 26, 2010 report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research and public education firm. "After more than a decade of progress, this...
If you are a teen faced with a pregnancy, there are several things to consider in order to make sure the entire process runs smoothly. Not only do you have your own health to consider, you also must make sure your baby is in good health. There...
In the United States, about 750,000 women under 20 years become pregnant every year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, meaning that about 750,000 men also are involved in teen pregnancies. Laws pertaining to fathers' rights vary by state, but...
During 2006, there were 435,436 births to teenage mothers in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, the teen pregnancy, birth and abortion rates are considerably higher in the United States...
As of 2010, the pregnancy and birth rates among adolescents are significantly high in the United States as compared to other developed countries, states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, the complications in teenage...
According to the March of Dimes, teens made up 10 percent of all women giving birth in 2007. Unfortunately, teenage pregnancy carries risks for both mother and baby. Some of the risk comes in the form of lifestyle choices, since teens are more...
According to the March of Dimes, teenage pregnancy rates in the United States are higher than those in most other developed countries. In 2006, approximately one out of 10 babies was born to teenage mothers. Teen parents are more likely than older...
Adoption can provide a beautiful opportunity for couples to become parents if they are unable to conceive their own child. There are many avenues for seeking out adoption just as there are many reasons why some birth mothers and birth fathers...
You may watch in amazement as your friends go to battle with their teen daughters, thinking to yourself, "This will never happen with my little girls." Your friend may warn, "Wait until your daughters become teenagers." In the blink of an eye, the...
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also called crib death, is diagnosed when an infant under one-year-old dies and no medical cause is found. Most often the death occurs in a crib during the night and there's nothing a parent could have done....
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