I was a teenage mom at 15 but was convinced I had just eaten too much cheese
THIS teenager was shocked when she found out she was pregnant at the age of 15. At first she thought she was lactose intolerant.
Sophia Kadmiri, now 16, became pregnant with her son while still in school. She has revealed her challenging story and shocking discovery.
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Sophia often felt sick and tired in the morning and attributed her problems to her dairy intolerance.
But as the illness progressed, it became clear to Sophia and her boyfriend that she was pregnant.
She said: “I actually didn’t think I was pregnant at all.
“I was very sick and tired all the time and didn’t think anything of it. I thought it was because I was eating a lot of dairy products, when I’ve always had a dairy intolerance.”
Sophia attended a private Christian school and often received excellent grades. She shocked her friends and family when she announced she was going to be a mother.
The teen from Santa Cruz, California, USA, fell in love with the idea of becoming a mother. It was something she always wanted, even though it came sooner than expected.
Because they were afraid of their family’s reaction, they dared to tell the big news anyway.
She decided to tell her grandmother first and waited until she was out of the house to send her a message.
To be sure, her grandmother immediately went to the store to get a test for Sophia, which came back positive.
Although her family initially reacted with disappointment, the couple was forced to be more responsible and given the opportunity to take responsibility.
Although her boyfriend was scared to tell his parents, they were very supportive, even though his mother was a teenage pregnant herself.
As their life-changing journey continued, her friends decided to throw a gender reveal party, only to find out they were having a boy.
Statistics of teenage mothers in the UK
Since 2007, the number of teenage pregnancies in the UK has fallen significantly…
The percentage of conceptions under the age of 18 has fallen significantly since 2007, reports show Nuffield Trust.
Between 2007 and 2021, the conception rate among women under 18 in England and Wales fell by 68%, from 42 per 1,000 women to 13 per 1,000 women.
This resulted in 13,131 pregnancies under the age of 18 in England and Wales in 2021.
Sophia says: “I’ve been with my boyfriend for about a year now and I’ve been very sick and tired all the time.
“My boyfriend had already noticed and thought I was pregnant, but I didn’t think so.
“We started planning the gender reveal and then we found out it was a boy.
“Me and the baby are great, we share adventures as a family, me, him and his dad.”
