I was a teenage mom, now I’m 18 and stay home with my two kids, don’t make the same mistake I did
A WOMAN has told how she became a teenage mother at the age of 14.
Brook Mortonfrom the US shared her experiences as a parent on social media and left people amazed at how young it all started.
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The mother revealed She first discovered she was pregnant when she was 14 years old and still in school.
Brooke met her partner in early 2020 at the age of 13, but fell pregnant not long after, giving birth in March 2021, just before her 15th birthday.
The now 18-year-old mother decided to raise their daughter Aurora, who is now four, but that has not always been easy.
“When I got pregnant, I knew. I knew I was going to keep my daughter,” she wrote in the post.
“My pregnancy was not taken lightly,” she added. “It was really hard for me and for everyone.”
She revealed that she wasn’t the first person in her family to become a teenage mother; her own mother and father were also teenagers when they had children, as she revealed on her blog. very first youtube video.
The couple prioritized caring for Aurora, while Brooke was homeschooled to be with her daughter.
But the couple still managed to sneak away and go to the school dance together.
Brooke lives with her 19-year-old partner Jason Vaughn and the couple have a daughter together, who is now eight months old.
Although she loves life as a housewife, getting her children to school can be a challenge.
In a recent segment, she said she found it “scary” to introduce herself as a teenage mother at the school gates, while the rest of the children were already in their 30s.
And in an earlier post, she told viewers not to get pregnant as a teenager, like she did.
The clip has gone viral on her TikTok account @brookexaloura with more than 230,000 views and 40,000 likes.
People were quick to react to her teenage pregnancy.
Someone wrote: “I realize this could happen to me this year too.”
“Don’t let it happen,” Brooke replied
Another commented: “Did you stay in school during your pregnancy or did you switch to homeschooling? You’re doing great!”
“I switched to homeschooling,” the mother explains.
“Mom can you help me with my homework? Sorry honey, I’m busy with my homework,” wrote a third.
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.
Meanwhile, a fourth said: “I didn’t expect that.”
“I’m 17 and I can’t even imagine having to raise a child for at least a few more years,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “Damn, I still haven’t had my first kiss.”
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