Teen Pregnancy

[Lil_Tink]

Wow. I have just been informed that a girl I know is pregnant. It is really a shock, we aren't good friends, but still its really tragic. Its hard to begin to go to high school and slowly see more and more girls walking around pregnant.

[Sparx]

Teen pregnancy is popular at my school. I can think of six or seven girls who are/were pregnant. I know one girl who has had three children. shes in the 11th grade.

[GirlWithSpunk]

I see alot of girls at my school that are pregnant. I dont know them but I see them all the time, alot of their friends support them. I think that its sad because the rest of their life wont be the same because they have to take care of their baby and wont get to do half the stuff they wanted to do.

But there is a girl who is pregnant on the board, her names gabby and shes really nice. ;)

[Sparx]

i'm a product of a teen pregnancy (19) and a highschool drop out.

My mother is now working for the state of tenneseee. She plans to get her masters and become a psychologist working out of my dads law office.

Maybe those girls will turn out like my mom, and not stay in poverty and bad neighborhoods on welfare and all that. Some of them really turn their lives around. My mom worked two-three jobs at some points.

Teen pregnancy doesn't always turn out bad, but its not easy at all. those girls are in for a hard life. specifically if they plan to make something of themselves like my mom does.

[Axel]

I know several people at my school that are pregnant or on their way to becoming pregnant. The girl my ex-boyfriend cheated on me with had their baby in June. I heard that it was a boy, but I don't think either of them can afford to keep the baby, so he's going to live with his grandma for now.

I've got nothing against girls that get pregnant young, it's their choice to take that risk.

[JulielovesDisney]

My high school has barely 1,000 kids in it, and 2 of them were pregnant last year. They are both "ghetto", if you want to use that term, and always got drunk, high, and slept around. The one girl had a REALLY cute baby girl though. She'll be back next year. She left school, but got tutored. I don't know what the other girl is doing. There was another girl who had an abortion. These girls were all in my grade too. :sad2:

I also know a girl who moved to our school in 5th grade, then moved out after 7th. She found me on AIM (I don't know how..) and we started talking. We used to be okay friends. She said she had a son, and she was only 14 or 15. I was so shocked!

I give the girls who go through with the pregnancy props, even if they give it up for adoption. Atleast they kind of accepted the concequences of their actions and didn't have an abortion.

[Babyjustrun]

I only know of one person that has gotten pregnant. She's my brothers age, and yes, she missed some school, but she got caught up. She graduated. I don't remember if she's going to university in the fall (if she is, she's going to one very close to home). Her boyfriend loves her (I've heard they've been having a rough time, my friend works with him), her parents are extremely supportive and I see her all the time out on walks with her child.

Like Shelby said, it's what you make of your situation and life.

[VolleyballQt07]

I met up with one of the girls I played volleyball with 3 years ago. She told me she dropped out of school (is now homeschooled) because she had a baby.

Its shocking that its happening more and more but ya know what, they weree stupid enough to have sex at a young age with the possiblity of it happening. Its their fault. They knew of the consequences.

[Tora Millypoops]

Teen pregnacy isn't very popular at my school. Well, if people are pregnant I don't know about it. There is one girl in my class who has been saying she is pregnant since the age of 12, but it is never true. I think she just says it for attention.

[SplshMtnLvr28]

My school is pretty small, about 600 kids. I know of only one girl who got pregnant, and she was a senior. She had two abortions by the time she graduated. Kind of sad. :/

There's also this idiotic girl at my school who says she's pregnant every 15 minutes, but I doubt it's true. She's always saying how her boyfriend is going to take her out to the parking lot and punch her in the stomach. :sad2:

[STOPxmickeytime]

I've only heard of one pregnancy in my school, a girl two years older than me, but she got an abortion.

I mean, I have a big school (around 2,000 kids) so there are definetly more pregnancies, but they're hushed up, and people seem to think around here abortion is the only option.

Anyone who sticks through with their pregnancy, whether giving the baby up for adoption or keeping it, is a hero in my book. I think that girls who get abortions are selfish, because there are so many people out there who would love to have a baby, but ultimately, it's their decision to make.

[BabyPiglet]

OMG wow.

There was a girl at my old school who had 2 abortions, then she dropped out of school. I don't know what happened to her.

Then there's this other girl, 15, AMAZING artist, she got pregnant but stayed in school til she had the baby. Then she was tutored for a year and came back. Last time I saw her she was doing great.

[tinkerbelle22]

I think there's only been one pregnancy recently at my school. She was a Junior when it happened, now she's a freshman in college. She kept the baby, and I once heard she was having another, but I don't know. Then there was this other girl who will be a Senior this year, and she had diabetes, but it made her stomach look like she was pregnant. So everyone thought she was, but then...everyone realized she wasn't. It was kind of sad, I felt really bad for her.

[Boomer1]

theres a girl in my school ( shes 13 ) got pregnant had an abortion and then a month later got pregnant again. apperently she realized her mistake in chooshing abortion and is going to keep the baby this time. :eek: i dont know wether thats good or bad. its good that the baby lives but shes going to make a horrible mother.

[Sparx]

theres a girl in my school ( shes 13 ) got pregnant had an abortion and then a month later got pregnant again. apperently she realized her mistake in chooshing abortion and is going to keep the baby this time. :eek: i dont know wether thats good or bad. its good that the baby lives but shes going to make a horrible mother.

I'd rather have the fetus aborted than abused.

[::Snow_White::]

There are always rumors someone at our school is pregnant and for a week its all that everyone seems to talk about. But I don't think any of them have turned out to be true.
This one girl in 7th grade kept telling everyone she was pregnant and the guy was really hott and she kept asking people what she should name it...
Then rumors started going around about her "baby sister" was really her child she had when she was 10 or 11...
But I think it was for attention. She moved that year so I have no idea where she is now.

If they choose to have sex so young and they get pregnant. It's their fault and I would expect them to know their responsibilities. If they keep the baby and both the father and the mother helps out. I'm extremely happy and would be proud of them. Anyone that is young and ends up having a child, turns their life around and lives a happy life is a strong person and I will be happy for them.

[ForeverDance]

I am no longer a teenager so I hope no ones minds the intrusion on your thread. I am (or use to be) a teenage mother. I was 16 when I got pregnant with my daughter and turned 17 just before she was born. I just thought I'd offer some perspective from the "other side".

I think most teenagers live with this idea that getting pregnant is what happens to "other people". I am living proof that it can happen to anyone. I was an honour student with straight A's and involved in countless activities (chearleading, karate, ballet to name a few). I was the last person anyone thought would end up pregnant. But it happened.

Getting pregnant young is never ideal, but I really believe it all comes down to the person and their desire to make it work. Sure, I got lucky in some respects... the father of my daughter is an amazing guy and we ended up married. But I worked really hard to get where I am, and if I can do it so can anyone.

Teenage parenthood is a long, tough road that I would never, ever, ever suggest to anyone. But if you ever find yourself on it just try to remember that others have walked it before you, and many have come out the end better people than when they started.

[Sparx]

I am no longer a teenager so I hope no ones minds the intrusion on your thread. I am (or use to be) a teenage mother. I was 16 when I got pregnant with my daughter and turned 17 just before she was born. I just thought I'd offer some perspective from the "other side".

I think most teenagers live with this idea that getting pregnant is what happens to "other people". I am living proof that it can happen to anyone. I was an honour student with straight A's and involved in countless activities (chearleading, karate, ballet to name a few). I was the last person anyone thought would end up pregnant. But it happened.

Getting pregnant young is never ideal, but I really believe it all comes down to the person and their desire to make it work. Sure, I got lucky in some respects... the father of my daughter is an amazing guy and we ended up married. But I worked really hard to get where I am, and if I can do it so can anyone.

Teenage parenthood is a long, tough road that I would never, ever, ever suggest to anyone. But if you ever find yourself on it just try to remember that others have walked it before you, and many have come out the end better people than when they started.

I liked your post. I think we need a perspective from someone whos been there, which is why I made my second post about my mother.

[::Snow_White::]

I am no longer a teenager so I hope no ones minds the intrusion on your thread. I am (or use to be) a teenage mother. I was 16 when I got pregnant with my daughter and turned 17 just before she was born. I just thought I'd offer some perspective from the "other side".

I think most teenagers live with this idea that getting pregnant is what happens to "other people". I am living proof that it can happen to anyone. I was an honour student with straight A's and involved in countless activities (chearleading, karate, ballet to name a few). I was the last person anyone thought would end up pregnant. But it happened.

Getting pregnant young is never ideal, but I really believe it all comes down to the person and their desire to make it work. Sure, I got lucky in some respects... the father of my daughter is an amazing guy and we ended up married. But I worked really hard to get where I am, and if I can do it so can anyone.

Teenage parenthood is a long, tough road that I would never, ever, ever suggest to anyone. But if you ever find yourself on it just try to remember that others have walked it before you, and many have come out the end better people than when they started.

Aww. That's good. :]
Very happy for you.
Congratulations on your marriage and children!

[MadameLeota]

At the highschool I went to, jeez, there were a lot of girls pregnant...
There was a girl in the 6th grade who had a baby...
A girl I know of is 16 and has a 3 year old son...but she's on drugs all the time and her mom takes care of him...it's sad...
Our town has always had a major teen pregnancy problem, is in one of the poorest counties in Texas, and is in the county with the 2nd biggest drug problem... (from what I've heard...I wouldn't doubt it though...)

[Pirate Me]

EDIT: Wow, imagine 6th grade? The 6th graders in our school are so short and childish. I would never imagine an 11 year old to be pregnant.

It doesn't bother me as long as they take care of their child.

[Jasmine45]

theres a girl in my school ( shes 13 ) got pregnant had an abortion and then a month later got pregnant again. apperently she realized her mistake in chooshing abortion and is going to keep the baby this time. :eek: i dont know wether thats good or bad. its good that the baby lives but shes going to make a horrible mother.

Wow.

[Jasmine45]

There was a girl in the 6th grade who had a baby...

Wow-er.

[tigger/winnie/tink]

wow 6th grade 13

[xCourxCorex]

My school has a lot of teen moms/soon to be teen moms. I think it's becoming increasingly more acceptable, especially at my school where so much is offered to the teen parents. They get tutoring for 6 weeks after the baby's born, and anytime they need before the birth. They have like 3 different classes for teen parents, and my school is vocational and there's a child care center which the student's babies get priority placement.
I can count about 9 pregnancies last year that went full term. I would imagine more girls got pregnant and aborted. About 5 were juniors, 4 were seniors.
I guess they feel like they want to take on that responsibility and I guess I don't really care as long as the baby's being cared for appropriately. I'm pretty sure all of the seniors with babies are going on to college next year, so that's good that they still want to further their education and have a good life for their child. I just would not want to be put in that situation.