PROBLEMS OF EARLY PREGNANCY
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Early pregnancy, by definition, occurs in a girl who has not reached the age of 18, and therefore it is often called teenage. But the problem of early pregnancy in this case is not social, its essence is not that the girl has not reached the age of majority at the time of conception of the child, but that early pregnancy is very dangerous both for the girl's fragile body and for the future child.
It is impossible to precisely define the age range when early pregnancy is not dangerous, because the bodies of young people develop at different rates. The greatest number of cases of early pregnancy in adolescents occurs at the age of 15-17 years.
WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF EARLY PREGNANCY?
Teenage pregnancy, if the girl is not yet physiologically ready for motherhood, can lead to serious complications during pregnancy and childbirth. With early pregnancy in adolescents, there is a high mortality rate of newborns worldwide, and the likelihood of death during childbirth is high for the young mother.The younger the girl, especially if she is under 15, the higher the risk to her health. At a young age, cases of a woman's inability to bear a child are recorded 2.5 times more often than in adult women.
If the girl is under 14 years old, if there is a risk that the child will be born so weak that it will die within the first few months of life. Often, pregnant teenage girls experience severe toxicosis, anemia, placental insufficiency, and the threat of termination of pregnancy.Very young mothers have an 11% higher risk of giving birth to a child with congenital anomalies of physical and mental development; for example, children diagnosed with mental retardation are born to teenage mothers five times more often than to women over 40.During pregnancy, teenagers often have spontaneous miscarriages. Moreover, in order to hide their pregnancy from friends and parents, girls sometimes terminate their pregnancy artificially, with a huge risk to their health and life.
ABORTION IS A SEVERE TRAUMA FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
If a girl, either by herself or under pressure from her parents or circumstances, decides to have an abortion, then in the future she may never know what the joy of motherhood is. When deciding to keep or terminate a pregnancy in a young daughter, parents should understand that early motherhood is much better for their daughter than regrets about infertility in the future.
After an abortion, the mental state of girls suffers especially; they are prone to depression, anxiety attacks, anxiety, and feelings of guilt. Early abortion leads to hormonal and physiological disorders of the body,diseases of the vegetative-vascular dystonia and breast cancer. Pregnant teenage women are seven times more likely…to seriously consider suicide than other teenagers. So there is something to think about for parents and society as a whole.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF EARLY PREGNANCY
Research by scientists has shown that three factors are important for a successful pregnancy:
1) good relationships between relatives, especially between the girl and her mother;
2) the absence of pessimism, which has a negative effect even on the girl’s immunity;
3) increased anxiety, passive temperament, and lack of intellectual effort have a negative effect on the expectant mother and child.
o reduce the girl's fears, neutralize their negative consequences for the development of the fetus and the course of pregnancy, parents should assure the girl that she will not be alone, that there are loving people nearby. Youn fathers, as a rule, immediately stop being "cool" and prefer to step aside.
PREVENTION OF EARLY PREGNANCY
To prevent early pregnancy, parents first of all need to have a trusting relationship with their children, find time to talk to the child more often, and discuss “forbidden” topics with them. This should be understood not only by parents of girls.Boys need this kind of communication no less than girls, and the father plays a particularly important role here. If you feel that you are not ready for conversations on intimate topics, you can give your child good literature to read.
Using the knowledge of sex education they receive in their families, after learning about contraception, teenage girls are more likely to protect themselves from unwanted early pregnancy.
Unfortunately, no one is immune from criminal cases such as rape,but children should be informed about this danger too. Sex education of young people in school is of great importance, but it is important not to reduce education to reading boring, moralizing morals. Teenagers should realize that in adult life they will have to learn to make decisions,be responsible for the consequences of their actions.
A girl who has begun her sexual life must understand that even one unprotected sexual act can result in pregnancy. Is she ready for this? Will she want to have a child? A girl must decide all these questions for herself before intimacy occurs.