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List Of Pregnancy Risks For Teenage Mothers
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I am looking for a simple, easy to understand list of pregnancy risks for teen mothers. I have 12 year old twin daughters, and I think its time we discuss the risks that they would face if they became pregnant at an early age. We had "the talk" a couple years ago. Now I think its time to get down to the bare facts so that they can make informed decisions about sex. Where can I find a simple, informative list of pregnancy risks for my soon-to-be-teen daughters?
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Monday 8th of March 2010 05:02:59 PM
Because the body of a teen is still growing she will need more nutritional support to meet both her needs and that of her baby. Nutritional counseling can be a large portion of prenatal care, usually done by a doctor or a midwife, sometimes a nutritionist. This counseling will usually include information about prenatal vitamins, folic acid, and the dos and don'ts of eating and drinking. Lack of proper nutrition can lead to problems like anemia (low iron), low weight gain, etc.
Another problem facing teen mothers is the use of drugs and alcohol, including cigarette smoking. No amount of any of these substances is safe for use in pregnancy. In fact, their use can complicate pregnancy even further increasing the likelihood of premature birth and other complications.
Premature birth and low birth weight create a wealth of their own problems, including brain damage, physical disabilities and more. The potentially lengthy hospital stay and increased risk of health problems for these babies leads to more stress on the teen mother.
While facing the grim realities of teen pregnancy is not pleasant, this is not the picture that has to be painted. Teen mothers are perfectly capable of having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. With the proper nutrition, early prenatal care and good screening for potential problems the majority of these potential problems will not come to light. While some tend to think that you can't teach a teen mother anything about her body or baby, it's really a ridiculous notion. Many of the teen mothers who take active roles in their care do go on to have healthy babies, despite the other hardships that they will face in their lives. Support from the families and communities is a must for the young, new family to be successful.
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Thursday 11th of March 2010 01:28:15 PM
it's too risky to be pregnant at such an early age of twelve as you said.If they already have the knowledge regarding sex then you must make them convince that doing such a thing would be dangerous for them only and if they do not have any knowledge regarding this then it's the right time to explain them,as mother's can only do this job.
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Thursday 11th of March 2010 05:47:22 PM
You can find it doing a research on sites like google or other site that you use as a tool of researches, there are plenty of sites that give to you a list of risks and support you to find out what can happens with a pregnancy teens.
some of the sites are:
http://www.webmd.com/baby/teen-pregnancy-medical-risks-andrealities
http://www.womenshealthchannel.com/teenpregnancy/index.shtml
http://www.ripnroll.com/teenpregnancy.htm
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