She said....
"I was just not feeling right lately and a friend suggested it could be the flu. But then it hit me it could be something else. Later after school that day in the privacy of my bathroom it hit me like a bomb, I saw the two blue lines and realized it was something else – I was pregnant."
"I immediately called my boyfriend, he was always pretty quiet and I used to think that shyness was pretty cute – now it was just plain annoying. I needed him to step up and say something. But his silence said it all."
He said....
"When she told me she was pregnant and all I could think about was how I was going to choose to wait. I had learned in school the relief you feel knowing you didn’t have to worry about STDs, pregnancy and those kind of things. Only one time I caved. Now I don’t know what to say."
Facts:
- Teen mothers face higher rates of their baby having a low birth weight, and infant death.1
- Teenage mothers, aged 19 and younger, are more likely to—
- drop out of high school,
- and to be and remain single parents.2
For information related to Teen Pregnancy:
http://health.nih.gov/topic/TeenagePregnancy
If you think you are pregnant, please know it is not the end of the world and there are people who can help.
To find assistance go to: www.newhopecenter.com or www.optionline.org