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Welcome
to your source for teen pregnancy information and support! I started this page 5
years ago when I was 15 and teen mom and wife. My goal is
to provide factual information and a healthy perspective on the range of
issues that confront teens today. I always appreciate feedback and contributions so don't be
afraid to drop me an email. What's
New: Financial
Resources & More (07.06.02)
How
To Comfort A Crying Baby (07.02.02.)
Child
Development: The First Year (07.01.02)
Child
Behavior Myths (07.01.02)
Infant
Communication (07.01.02)
My Pregnancy Journal (updated
06.28.02)
Stereotypical
- Pregnant teen = dirty & cheap? (06.23.02)
Myths
About Getting Pregnant (06.11.02)
STD
Quick Facts & Stats (06.07.02)
Birth
Control On The Horizon (06.05.02)
Statistics:
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In the next 24
hours...
- 1,439 Teens
will attempt suicide
- 2,795 Teenage
girls will become pregnant
- 15,006 Teens
will use drugs for the first time
- 3,506 Teens
will run away
(Based on
national averages as reported by Teen
Help. Disclaimer:
Links do not imply endorsement. More
Teen Pregnancy Statistics.)
In The News: Painful
Sex Linked to The Pill
"NEW
YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with vulvar vestibulitis, a condition
marked by painful intercourse, are more likely than other women to
have taken birth control pills for long periods of time and to use
those with a particular composition of hormones, according to Quebec
researchers." Who's most likely to be harmed? Women who start
taking the pill before the age of 16 and women who take the pill for
years. Pregnant?
Don't Eat Too Much Tuna
BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Pregnant women who
eat too much tuna risk exposing their unborn babies' developing brains
to possibly harmful mercury levels, but there is no need to cut tuna
out altogether. Working
Affects Child Development Negatively
The amount of time a woman takes before
returning to a full-time job after childbirth may affect her child's
mental development. That's the finding of a report, published in Child
Development magazine, that links early full-time maternal employment
to slower intellectual development in kids. [more
news]
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