Teenage pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy in a girl under 20 years old. It is a worldwide problem, with 4 out of 10 girls becoming pregnant before age 20. Teenage pregnancy often occurs due to a lack of guidance and can have serious social and health consequences for both mother and child, such as higher rates of complications, lower birth weight, and increased risk of developmental issues for the baby. Prevention through contraceptive use and abstinence is key to addressing this public health issue.

2. Pregnancy in adolescense is:
 Formally defined as a pregnancy in a young woman who
will not be 20 years old before her expected due date ,
age 13 to 17. Sometimes , when it’s happen this girl
couldn’t finish school is financial dependence of her
parents, continues living at home and is mentally
immature.

3. The word adolescense:
 Comes frame ‘it suffers’ which means lack or lack of
maturity, which is why it is not recommended at this
stage of growth.

4. Teen pregnancy is a worldwide
problem:
 4 out 10 teens become pregnant before age of 20.
 Often happens because of the lack guidance in
adolescents.

5. Prevention:
 Birth control pills or patches.
 Abstinence.
 Male/Female condoms.
 Plan B.

6. Causes teen pregnancy:
 The practice of sexual relations of young people without
contraceptive methods.
 Marriage at an early age and the role of gender that is
traditionally assigned to women.
 Sexual freedom.
 Family breakup.

7. Social:
 Change of social values.
 Group and couple pressure to have sexual relations as a
way of showing that he is more or more female.
 Sexual abuse.
 Pornography and prostitution of teenagers.

8. Consequence pregnancy
adolescence:
 Adolescent pregnancy is associated with higher rates of
morbidity and mortality, both for the mother and her
child.
 Lack of medical attention from the beginning of
pregnancy for not communicating your situation.
 Younger women 16 years or younger are at risk of
preeclampsia and eclampsia.
 Anemia is common in pregnant girls.

9. Why do sexual relationships occur
in courtship?
 Young people do not want to have relationship at an
early age instinctively, the problem is the cultural and
adolescents are surrounded by pornographic material,
both on television, in the cinema, music, advertising of
any product, in magazines, internet and in places of fun
and entertainment that young people often attend,
whose messages “awaken our interest in exploring the
unknown’’.

10. In case of teen pregnancy?
 The first thing you should do is visit your doctor.
 It must ensure a satisfactory evolution of pregnancy. For
the psychic balance of the mother and the future baby.
 Maintain a healthy diet and do not try to hide that you
are pregnant by dieting, because both you and you baby
will need certain nutrients to grow properly.

11. Consequences in the baby:
 Presents low birth weight.
 They tend to be premature.
 Congenital malformations.
 Mental retardation.
 Blindness .
 Epilepsy or cerebral palsy.

12. Adolescent development &
pregnancy:
 Adolescents take risks. Risk taking in adolescence is
common and expected.
Some level of risk taking can be beneficial to development.
 In adolescence the pre-frontal cortex is still under
development, it is this area of the brain that controls
executive functioning , and the ability to think a head and
consider what may happen.
 This means teenagers are far more likely to make
impulsive, emotional decisions without thinking of the
consequences.

13.  Adolescent Pregnancy is a public problem and as such
should be addressed by a whole society, prevention is the
key, good sex education at school level and an adequate
level of communication and trust with parents, increases
the rates of abtinence and generates responsible sexual
behavior in young .

14. Personal Council:
 Think very well about how old are and if you are able to
take change of this great responsibility of caring for a
child, feeding and caring for it to develop properly. THE
CHOICE IS YOURS!!!.