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Definition:
Chapter 11, Pages 315-316 Teen Pregnancy: Pregnancy by a female, age 13 to 19, which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her core education—secondary school—has few or no marketable skills, is financially dependent upon her parents and/or continues to live at home and is mentally immature.

Pregnancy: The state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the female body. This condition can be indicated by positive results on an over-the-counter urine test, and confirmed through a blood test, ultrasound, detection of fetal heartbeat, or an X-ray. Pregnancy lasts for about nine months, measured from the date of the woman's last menstrual period (LMP). It is conventionally divided into three trimesters, each roughly three months long. A pregnant woman. || From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 * Pregnancy** is the [|fertilization] and development of one or more offspring, known as an [|embryo] or [|fetus], in a woman's [|uterus]. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple [|gestations], as in the case of twins or [|triplets]. Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks after conception; in women who have a menstrual cycle length of four weeks, this is approximately 40 weeks from the start of the last normal menstrual period (LNMP). Human pregnancy is the most studied of all [|mammalian pregnancies]

There are a few different ways in which the mother may give birth. One of course is naturally or vaginally. The other is by C-section or Cesarean Section. When a C-section is done, incisions are made in the abdominal and uterine walls.

(The state,condition, or quality of being pregnant.)

Related Pages:
Relevant to: Adolescence, Parenting Styles, Post-Secondary Education, Part of: Parents and kids discussing sex

Examples:
A woman under 20 who becomes pregnant.

[|CDC on Prevention] []

Analogies:
Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Mnemonics:
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In the News:
Despite the fact that the teen birth rate is climbing after slowly falling for years, there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States alone. About 85% of these pregnancies are unplanned, which in any population can increase the risk for problems. The biggest risk for teen mothers is delaying prenatal care or worse, 7.2% received no care at all. The reason for lack of prenatal care is usually delayed pregnancy testing, denial or even fear of telling others about the pregnancy. Most states have a health department or university clinic where prenatal care is free or low cost and patient confidentiality is very important, meaning no one can tell the teen mother's family. []

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 — The birth rate among teenagers 15 to 19 in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, according to a report issued Wednesday, the first such increase since 1991. The finding surprised scholars and fueled a debate about whether the Bush administration’s abstinence-only sexual education efforts are working. The federal government spends $176 million annually on such programs. But a landmark study recently failed to demonstrate that they have any effect on delaying sexual activity among teenagers, and some studies suggest that they may actually increase [|pregnancy] rates. “Spending tens of million of tax dollars each year on programs that hurt our children is bad medicine and bad public policy,” said Dr. David A. Grimes, vice president of Family Health International, a nonprofit reproductive health organization based in North Carolina. [] media type="youtube" key="ediagpBf9wo?feature=player_embedded" height="237" width="422" align="left"Teen Pregnancy media type="youtube" key="RCW7mN1u3bs" height="315" width="420"please listen to this poem it is very touching but ver true also. And i can understand personally because i got pregnant in 11th grade, graduated and now in college.

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