TEENAGE PREGNANCY

Teenage pregnancy: effect of glamorization of sex or lack of information?

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Teenage pregnancy: effect of glamorization of sex or lack of information?

Background

Biologically pregnancy can be defined as the period from conception to birth of an individual. Among the lower animals it is a process pure and simple reproduction of the species. Among humans this experience acquires a social character, or may have different meanings for every people, every culture, and every age group. In some countries like China, which has no more territorial capacity to absorb a large number of individuals motherhood is controlled by the government and each couple can only have one child. In other cultures like Indian tribes and in some African countries pregnancy is synonymous with health, wealth and prosperity (East, Reyes, & Horn, 2007, pp.108-15).

Teenage pregnancy

The teenage pregnancy is a worldwide public health problem, since it affects mainly the poorest social class and less education, being mostly unplanned. We know that pregnancy in this age group is not something new. Jesus Maria was 15 years old. But the big difference is that before the pregnancy occurred within the institution of marriage. Today this occurs first, suffers all the stresses and sometimes partners are living together. The risk of teenage pregnancy is not only due to the age factor, there are biological, psychological and social but very important.

As for the age factor, we consider two age groups, early adolescence 11 to 15 years late and 16 to 19 years. It is the first phase occurring more risks. One factor is the Gynecological age is lower, i.e., the smaller the difference between the chronological age of the patient and that they had their first menstruation greater risk for pregnancy due to immaturity of the uterine vasculature, which would cause premature delivery or a placenta insufficient. But this age coincides with the highest rejection of pregnancy, delaying the start of greater prenatal resulting lack of nutritional guidance, treatment of anemia, urinary or vaginal infections, and also a psycho-social work (SIECUS Report, 1998).

The teenage pregnancy brings more problems due to the onset of prenatal care later than give up this early in reproductive life. The most frequent pathologies are: preeclampsia, anemia, urinary or vaginal infection and premature labor (Parkes, et al. 2004, pp.217-224). These generally occur in pregnancies at end of reproductive life and the first pregnancy. It is erroneous to believe that the teen has no passing and that should have cesarean. This has exactly the same frequency and the old woman again, if there is a good preparation for prenatal care to childbirth, this occurs without problems unless there is a formal obstetric indication for cesarean section. The major indication for caesarean section is preeclampsia; regardless of age disproportion is rare in all ages (Whitehead, 2003, pp.668-677).

Prematurity and low birth weight occur more in children than adolescents than adult women. These are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in newborns. When the child is well cared for will be accepted regardless of the age of ...