Pregnancy

This research discusses how teens who have the same backgrounds make very different choices when it comes to avoiding teen pregnancy. The research will take a deeper look on if the teen circumstances are the same, then why are 1 out 3 girls get pregnant and others avoid pregnancy. The research done is through qualitative-quantitative methods. The quantitative study design was a neighbor case control design. The focus groups had 6 to 8 girls in each group ranging from middle school to high…

Comprehensive teen teen p[areparenting programs in South Carolina were a result of the public concern for the disproportionate number of teen pregnancies in the state during the 1980s (South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2011). When teen pregnancy numbers declined in the 1990s, South Carolina’s teen pregnancies continued to be higher than the national average. According to The Alan Guttmacher Institute (2004), in the 1990s 56% of teens in South Carolina confessed to having…

of your pregnancy. Give yourself a pat on the back for valiantly surviving the last three months. Going by what studies and most women claim, the next trimester is going to be a lot easier and more comfortable, and that’s why it is referred to as the honeymoon period. As your baby grows tirelessly within your womb, you might find yourself getting more accustomed to the pregnancy hormones and the regular aches and pains. Babyoye Engage tells you what to expect in week 13 of your pregnancy:…

The Steady Decline of Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy, which is most commonly defined as adolescents from ages 15- 19, is not only a private trouble. Childbearing during the teen years not only have negative effects on the young parents but the children as well. Compared to ninety percent of women graduating high school by the age of twenty-two, only fifty percent of teen mothers receive their high school diploma by age twenty-two (NC Dept. of Health and Human Services 2015). These youth are…

Pregnancy week 28: All set? Are you ready for the D-day to arrive? I am sure that you must be very happy and excited as you have came a long way now only a few days are left for your baby to arrive and be ready to face sleepless yet pleasant nights ahead. Your entire family is busy making preparations to welcome the little one with a huge celebration. Now you are going through the ending stage of your pregnancy and so a lot of last minute tests are going on, and so you have keep in touch with…

Depression during pregnancy Many women, for unknown reasons, experiencing depression during pregnancy. "How so? - I think expectant mothers. - I have baby, but can't feel joy! ". Such thoughts provoke deterioration, and as a result depression grows exponentially. How to deal with this, and that causes depressive thoughts in such a light period of a woman's life? Signs of depression Pregnancy is probably one of the most important and happiest times in a woman's life. But, unfortunately, not…

Importance of Abstinence Pregnancy could be a shocking thing, especially if unintended and at a young age. Throughout history, many parents have been shocked from their daughters being pregnant at a very young age. Teen pregnancy is a life-changing situation and has ruptured many teens’ lives. Today’s youth love to be in a relationship and feel that the best way to express their feelings toward one another is through intimacy. Most of them realized the unwanted effects of a sexual intercourse…

story is less frequently told, but occurs with approximately 15% of all pregnancies (Serrano and Lima 2006). “At 29 I discovered that, for me, getting pregnant was easy, but staying pregnant was difficult. It took three miscarriages before I finally fell pregnant and stayed that way, eventually leading to my first successful pregnancy at age 34.” It is stories like these that make us wonder what actually occurs during pregnancy to allow acceptance of foreign antigens. To answer this question I…

Babies born as result of a repeat teen pregnancy are even more likely to be born premature—early and at a low birth weight. Declining teen pregnancy rates are thought to be attributed to more effective birth control practice, newer methods of birth control (e.g., long-acting, reversible contraception), and decreased sexual activity among teens. Still, teenage pregnancy rates remain high and approximately 1 million teenage girls become pregnant each year in the United States and about 13 percent…

Teenage pregnancy has always been an important issue in America’s society. In 1995, in his State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton singled out teenage childbearing as “our most serious social problem.” (Furstenberg 1). According to Furstenberg, the reason for this sudden desire to start families earlier is that, for teenagers, this time period became a time where women wanted to become more domesticated and produce families earlier. This was partially because of the transition from…