So could you believe an 11 year old mom ? well have you ever heard of a 11 year old pregnant girl giving a birth and the boy is suprise the boy is healthy. wow can’t believe myself. An 11 year old pregnant girl in the Northeastern U.S. gave birth to a baby boy this week. The name of the mother and baby have not been released to protect their privacy.
“My daughter and (her) baby are fine, and the baby is absolutely beautiful,” said the mother of the 11-year-old girl. The girl and her family are not being named in order to protect the new parent’s privacy.
According to Dr. Manny Alvarez, managing health editor of FoxNews.com, the girl’s age places her in significant danger.
“A very comprehensive approach to her care needs to be instituted early in her pregnancy,” Alvarez said.
A recent report by the Guttmacher Institute said teen pregnancies in the U.S. were up 3 percent in 2006. But this case is not about a teenager, noted Dr. Abdulla Al-Khan, a leading high-risk obstetrician — it’s about a pre-teen whose body is not yet built to carry a child.
“Her body is clearly not defined for pregnancy with its short stature,” Al-Khan said. “Her chest is not extensively developed for breast tissue, her bones aren’t quite fused, and once you expose a child this young to high amounts of progesterone and especially estrogen, there is (a possibility) that it could halt her growth.”
Read the rest of the story on fox news here: Girl, 11, Gives Birth to Baby Boy in Northeast Hospita
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