Teen Pregnancy/Expert Profile

Expertise

I am 19 years old, and have a beautiful 7 month old daughter and I am currently 5 months pregnant with my second child. I can answer any questions about dealing with teenage pregnancy, telling your partner/mother/father etc. I can help you find out if you are pregnant, how to cope through-out pregnancy, the birth and raising your child. I can help with the different options of child birth. How to recover after birth and preparing for the arrival of the baby. I can also help you deal with abortion or thinking about abortion. I myself have had an abortion so I know how it feels. Dealing with an abortion isn't easy, so I will help in any way I possibly can. I can answer most questions on teen pregnancy, and I may not have the perfect answer every time but I will always try my best.

Experience in the area

I am a 19 year old mother, I have a beautiful 7 month old daughter. I am 5 months pregnant with my son. I have learned how to cope and support myself during my pregnancy, and raising my child.

Organizations

I belong to a group in my local community to help teenage mothers. It is for support for mothers expecting or mothers that have had children in their teenage years. I also belong to a group helping mothers who have children with learning difficulties.

Education/Credentials

I have a child of my own, and am expecting another. I have worked in a nursery with children with learning difficulties. And days during the week I work in a local nursery caring for young children.

What do you like about this subject?

Teen pregnancy is something that is highly judged now a days. I would like to give people information on the subject. Yes it is very hard, but it is at any age. It is also very rewarding, giving a child a life.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I hope to show teenage mothers, and teenage expecting mothers that it is very hard. But it isn't as hard as people make out. Take it day by day, it is just a stepping stone in life, you will have good and bad days it's just something you have to deal with.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Teen pregnancy is very difficult, but it is also very rewarding. It's no different from being pregnant when you are older and more mature. Some people belive teenagers shouldnt get pregnant, but they can cope just as well as others. Not every teenager that is pregnant got that way in purpose, sometimes its by mistake, but they should be giving a chance just like any other.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

People who judge young teenage mothers should look at all the wonderful young mothers there are. Yes, some teenage mothers aren't the best mothers they can be. But there are people in there 20-30-40's who aren't the best either. As they say, you should'nt judge a book by its cover, you shouldn't judge a mother by her age.