Teen pregnancy is teenage pregnancy. It can be defined as an underage girl becoming pregnant. While a
lady technically stay in their teens until the age of twenty, the term is applied to those under the age of threshold of legal adulthood. The adulthood begins at the age of 16 years in some places and 18 years in others.
The normal age of menarche (appearance of first menstrual period in a girl), is 12.5-14 years. However, the figure varies by ethnicity and weight. The first ovulation occurs only irregularly until after a girl reaches her menarche. The average age of menarche has been continuously declining all across the world. The fertility leads to early pregnancy depends on various factors including personal and societal. |
Teenage girls who are pregnant face many of the same obstetrics issues as a woman in her 20s and 30s. in fact, there will be additional medical concerns for teenage mothers. Along with the age/maturity risk, socioeconomic risks may also be associated with teenage pregnancy.
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Teenage pregnancies in developed countries are usually outside of marriages and carry a social stigma in communities and cultures. For this reason, there are many studies, campaigns, rules and regulations to uncover the causes and limit the numbers of teenage pregnancies. In some subcontinents like India, early marriage may sometime bring teenage pregnancies. There are many tribes and casts in which child-marriage is still seen. That is why, in these countries, the teenage pregnancy rate is much higher in rural area as compare to urbanized areas. |
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A teenage girl can
become pregnant because of many reasons. Many tribal casts do have
ritual of childhood marriage especially in the regions like India. There, the teenage pregnancies are common in those casts. The incidences happen in rural area and urbanized area and laws remain unaware.
For the typical teenage pregnancy, a teenaged girl becomes pregnant as the sequel of long time dating with her boyfriend and others after hooking up. There are some cases in which, teenage girl becomes pregnant due to rape on her either by single man or as the result of massive rape. |
All the teenage girls who become pregnant are the results of sexual intercourses; whether voluntary or involuntary. No matter what kind of precautions they had taken to avoid pregnancies is abstinence from all the sexual activities.
A teenager girl gets scarred when she comes to know about her unplanned teen pregnancy. This could be hard to believe and difficult to express. She cannot disclose this serious matter to anyone and in some cases not to even her boyfriend because of whom she became pregnant.
She cannot decide whether to keep a baby or to drop it. A teenage girl becomes mentally disturb and may start some addiction. There will be fear of losing social image among friends and relatives. Most of the time, teenage pregnancy is terminated by abortion, which is quite an illegal process in many countries.
Some of the common emotional effects of teenage pregnancies are described as below:
- Frustration that she cannot concentrate on any subject.
- Confusion that she cannot make positive decisions.
- Fear that she cannot disclose the matter to any one and stops talking.
- Resentment that she gets anger on a trifle matters.
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