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Title: Teen Pregnancy


1
Teen Pregnancy
  • By Annie Venable, Caitlin Davis, Derrick Temple,
    Destiny Campos

2
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?

3
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

4
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

5
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

6
Causes
  • A single parent household
  • Substance abuse/alcohol abuse
  • Low self confidence
  • No father figure
  • Bad relationship with parents

7
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

8
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

9
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

10
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

11
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

12
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
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