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1XTRA NEWS: THE REAL TALK OF THE STREETS
Sweet mother
Fedelia & baby Jaden
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Is this the only teenager in the UK who's got pregnant twice and used condoms both times?
Meet Feldalia, just over eight weeks ago she became one of the 40,000 teenage girls in the UK to become a mother.

When she told her Ghanaian parents she was pregnant her Dad started crying - and we're not talking tears of joy.

We also hear from 17-year-old Rebecca, who at eight months pregnant, has just been admitted to hospital with contractions just minutes apart.
Is there a right age to be a mum? Are teen mums throwing their lives away? Why do you think the UK has such a problem with teenage pregnancy? Is it the parents, school education or the teens to blame?

Lisa Millard
I fell pregnant with my daughter when i was 16. My daughter is now 5 and i have been with her father for 6 years. I appreciate that i am extremely lucky in that i have has immense amounts of support over the last few years. I qualified as a hairdresser whilst being pregnant but soon realised i wanted more from life so i went back to college, completed 3 A-levels, an AS level and am now entering my 3rd year of mu degree in human biology with a view to becoming a secondary science teacher. I would really like to get involved in a programme to help make young girls realise that having a child young is not easy but at the same time teach them that it does not have to mean that your life has to stop and being a mum is the only thing you can do. I have been involved in sex ed in the local high school, talking about my experiences but the session has been reduced to a mere 30 minute slot delivered to half of the girls in a year group. If this is the amount of time given to this subject it is no wonder why there are so many girls getting pregnant at a young age.

ana keates
I am currently pregnant and fell pregnant at 14. I am now 18weeks pregnant and think that there i no correct age to be a good parent although age does make you wiser and you pick up more knowledge in age.

Na'kurah Reeves
i was 12 when i had my baby daughter Sasha now im 14. Shes 2 a busy! i drop out of school but i in a teen mom program i average a 4.00 @ 14!



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