Teen Pregnancy #1

On the internet I found some interesting information on teen pregnancy. This site states that teen pregnancy is an important issue because there are many health risks for the baby and even the mother. Some of the risks are health social and emotional. Women in their teens have a very high risk of complications such as premature labor or socioeconomic consequences. This site says that from 1991 to 2005 the teen pregnancy rate declined from 60 out of 1000 teenagers to 40.5 out of 1000, now in 2006 it has increased again to 42 out of 1000. The highest rate is the Hispanic women which is 83 out of 1000 in the year 2006. Some more of the health risks can be low weight which is important during pregnancy because that means that the baby is growing and developing. Having this problem can lead to babies with organs that are not fully developed. This means that the baby can have problems like bleeding in the brain, respiratory distress syndrome and intestinal problems. A problem for the mother could be poor eating habits than older women and could cause them not to take their multivitamins which they need to take during their pregnancy, which gives them all the nutrition that the baby needs. Teens are also more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and do drugs, which causes major health problems for the baby. Children born to teenage mothers are more likely to have less of an academic acheivement because of the health problems from low nutrition, they have a higher risk of abuse and neglect, if the baby is a boy it has a 13% chance that it may be incarcerated later in life, and girls have a 22% chance that they may be a teenage mother too.