Teen Pregnancy

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Teen Pregnancy

• By Annie Venable, Caitlin Davis, Derrick Temple,
  Destiny Campos

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Class Activity

• On a piece of paper, answer the following
  questions
• What would you do if you hypothetically got
  pregnant or got a girl a pregnant?
• What would you do with the baby?
• How would you raise it?
• How would you tell your parents?
• How do you think your parents would react?

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The Warning Signs

• Mood Swings and Irritability
• Secretiveness
• Missed Periods
• Changes in Eating Patterns
• Increased Sleep or Exhaustion
• Change in clothing or wardrobe
• Changes in relationships with friends or dating
  partners
• Decreased interest in school or social activities
• Depression

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The Complications

• Newborns are likely to have a lower birth weight
• Teen moms are likely to become anemic
• Teens pelvis is underdeveloped
• Teen moms are likely to have a prolonged labor
• Teen moms more likely to be undernourished
• Teen moms more like to have a more traumatic
  birth

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The Statistics

• 1/3 of teens in the US become pregnant
• 80 of pregnancies or unintended
• Highest teen birth rate are hispanics
• Highest decline in teen pregnancies is 23 from
  African American teens
• 1 million pregnant teens per year
• Only 1/3 of teenage moms get high school diploma
• US annual cost for teen pregnancies is 7 billion
  
• 13 of teenagers have had sex
• Teens on average have sex for the first time
  around 17 years old

• 14 end in Miscarriages
• 55 end in birth
• 76 occur out of wedlock

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Causes

• A single parent household
• Substance abuse/alcohol abuse
• Low self confidence
• No father figure
• Bad relationship with parents

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The Effects

• Sons have greater chance of winding up in prison
• Affects moms school performance
• Daughters are more likely to get pregnant during
  their teenage years.
• Babies more likely to suffer health, social and
  emotional problems when older
• Teen moms are less likely to ever be married
• A child born to a teenage mother is also viewed
  to have a disadvantage in society
• Fear
• Confusion
• Resentment
• Frustration
• Initial excitement

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Abortion

• First 12 weeks of pregnancy uterus is stretched
  open and electric pump removes Fetus
• Vacuum Aspiration compresses the skull cavity.
• Second 12 weeks, woman is under anesthetic and
  more instruments are used to remove the Fetus
• Can cost 250.00- 1,000.00
• 31 of teen pregnancies end in abortion

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Effects of Abortion

• Feeling of being Judged
• Fear of never getting pregnant again
• No supported by friends and family
• Negative feelings if pressured into abortion
• Sad
• Emotional

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Adoption Reasons/Options

• Cannot afford to care for baby
• This option is mostly influenced by financial
  reasons
• Foster homes- baby can be put in foster home
  until parents are stable
• Adoptions can be handled with attorneys and
  agencies
• Agencies place babies with other families
• Costs from 5,000-40,000 to adopt child

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Adoption Statistics

• 2,058,915 children (under the age of 18) adopted
  each year
• More girls are adopted than boys
• Less than 1 of teens give babies up for adoption
• The rate of teens giving their babies up for
  adoption has decline over the past couple of
  decades

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Prevention

• Teens who have a good relationship with parents
  are less likely to get pregnant
• Older children most know the consequences about
  sex
• Birth Control and Protection