14 year old pregnant

DrMom

Sat, Dec 28 2024, 10:41 am

synthy wrote:

Is there anything in their lifestyle that causes earlier puberty? Most girls I know first get their period at 14.

Average age in the US is 12-ish.

nomismommy

Sat, Dec 28 2024, 12:07 pm

There were plenty of tv shows with 16 year olds having babies. So 14 isn't much of a difference. I once read about an 11 year old who got pregnant by her 13 year old bf in UK. Their birth might be easier on the body than that of a 45 year old. Obviously the emotional maturity is a different story.
And the question is.. how old is the father. It's terrible either way.

↑ Ema of 5

Sat, Dec 28 2024, 9:13 pm

purplejellybean wrote:

They get married but did they have children at that age as well? In the book " The youngest Bride" even though raizele got married she did not have children.
Im curious HOW they raise a child at that age? Do these children go for adoption? I dont even think that is a better alternative as it’s not easy to place frum children. Hashem should watch all his children.

My friend’s grandmother had her first child sometime between 13-15 years old. She did not give her children up for adoption.

BaltoMom65

Sat, Dec 28 2024, 9:35 pm

purplejellybean wrote:

I read online that a 14 year old member from Lev Tahor gave birth. I cant stop thinking about this. I cant wrap my head around it. Please please tell me its an allegation and is fake news. How can this even be? In what planet can a 14 year old girl handle the pain of giving birth. Is this the first time this happened in this group? Im not here to discuss the mental state of this group. I just want to know if this is even true and if so does any one help her take care of the baby? Can one adopt the baby?

So teen pregnancy is real but also, Lev Tahor is a literal cult. This girl was probably forced and/or brainwashed into it. That cult is like a cancer

effess

Sat, Dec 28 2024, 9:38 pm

The cultures where girls married young, had children very young, lived near parents who helped raise the children. Or, lived in their parents home.
This was very common in many countries.

jerusalem90

Sat, Dec 28 2024, 11:46 pm

nomismommy wrote:

Makes a huge difference to me, how old the father is. If he's 14 - 16, then it's a different lifestyle, which marries its teens off very young, for better or for worse. If he's old (what a 14 year old would consider old, could be 19, and no 14 year old wants to marry an old guy, no matter what pedophiles want to believe!!) then it's a pedophilic society that exploits and abuses girls for the gratification of men that the girls would have never chosen, had they had a choice.

anotherone ↓

Sun, Dec 29 2024, 12:11 am

gootlfriends wrote:

First of all most girls in America get their period between 11 and 13. Mostly because of diet. Girls who get it later are generally underweight. If a girl starts at 11 or 12 she can have a baby at 12 or 13. Its not recommended because their bodies are not finished developing. I say this as a mother of a 13 year old who is still growing.

my daughter got her period on sukkos, she is turning 14, and doesnt diet at all. Not underweight.

↑ gootlfriends

Sun, Dec 29 2024, 8:11 am

anotherone wrote:

my daughter got her period on sukkos, she is turning 14, and doesnt diet at all. Not underweight.

I didn't say that is always the case. My mother got it at 12 and my mother in law at 15. Both normal size. Generally that is the case but not always. The early periods are attributed to higher body weight because estrogen is contained in fat cells.

↑ anotherone

Sun, Dec 29 2024, 9:57 am

gootlfriends wrote:

never looked it up bout estrogen, interesting fact. I will look up