Definition of Pregnancy: Pregnancy is the period during which a woman
carries a developing foetus in the uterus.
carries a developing foetus in the uterus.
Teenager is a person
within the age of 13 – 19 years.
within the age of 13 – 19 years.
Teenage pregnancy is the
pregnancy that occurs before the age of 20 years in a girl’s life. It occurs
accidentally or unexpectedly because the young girl is not prepared for
marriage or to give birth at the particular time.
pregnancy that occurs before the age of 20 years in a girl’s life. It occurs
accidentally or unexpectedly because the young girl is not prepared for
marriage or to give birth at the particular time.
Causes
1. Poor Parental Guidance: Lot of girls do not even come back home directly after school. they
issue their time for choir practice or school lesson and at the end they come
back late. It is the responsibility of the parents to ask questions and take
action when necessary but most parents refuse to ask.
issue their time for choir practice or school lesson and at the end they come
back late. It is the responsibility of the parents to ask questions and take
action when necessary but most parents refuse to ask.
2. Competition: In this case the girl wants everything that her friends have. Every
reigning thing she wants to have and if her mother cannot afford all, she runs
out to a boy that can afford all that she wants and before she knows, she is
pregnant.
reigning thing she wants to have and if her mother cannot afford all, she runs
out to a boy that can afford all that she wants and before she knows, she is
pregnant.
3. Single Parents: A parent gives to her child what she has and not more that what she has,
so in the process of the girl trying to get what she wants, she goes out and
whoever call her she accept for her to get the money she needed from there, pregnancy
can occur.
so in the process of the girl trying to get what she wants, she goes out and
whoever call her she accept for her to get the money she needed from there, pregnancy
can occur.
Effects
1.
During Pregnancy, anaemia may occur due to insufficient nutrient because
the foetus depends on the mother for food whether she eats or not, it does not
know but it will continue to get food through the placenta.
During Pregnancy, anaemia may occur due to insufficient nutrient because
the foetus depends on the mother for food whether she eats or not, it does not
know but it will continue to get food through the placenta.
2.
Malaria in pregnancy: In this aspect, we talk about the inability to
fight against germs. This is as a result of inadequate nutrition to help her,
so she lacks immunity. The chance of infection resistance is no longer there so
any infection that comes stands a chance affecting her.
Malaria in pregnancy: In this aspect, we talk about the inability to
fight against germs. This is as a result of inadequate nutrition to help her,
so she lacks immunity. The chance of infection resistance is no longer there so
any infection that comes stands a chance affecting her.
3.
During delivery she may likely experience prolong labour due to size of
her birth canal. Also, the head of the foetus may not be able to pass through
the birth canal and she can develop vesico vagina fistula due to the force exerted
on the bladder.
During delivery she may likely experience prolong labour due to size of
her birth canal. Also, the head of the foetus may not be able to pass through
the birth canal and she can develop vesico vagina fistula due to the force exerted
on the bladder.
4.
Dropping out of school: When teenage pregnancy occurs, the girl automatically
drops out of school as she will not be allowed to come to school with
pregnancy.
Dropping out of school: When teenage pregnancy occurs, the girl automatically
drops out of school as she will not be allowed to come to school with
pregnancy.
5.
Prostitution: After delivery due to lack of money to take care of the
baby, she can start sleeping with different men just to take care of herself
and the baby and she can contact sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS
etc.
Prostitution: After delivery due to lack of money to take care of the
baby, she can start sleeping with different men just to take care of herself
and the baby and she can contact sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS
etc.
So
my advice to the teenagers is that total abstinence is the best solution to
teenage pregnancy.
my advice to the teenagers is that total abstinence is the best solution to
teenage pregnancy.
