Youngest labor patient?

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What is the youngest age patient you have taken care of or has b een on your L&D unit?

I was floored the other week when we had a 12 year old in labor. Yes, 12 years old. Merely a baby herself, having a baby. That was the same day I was caring for a laboring 14 year old who was having her first baby (a 33 week demise at that).

:crying2: So very very sad.

BTW niki1983, you are an exceptional young woman to have been able to do all you have. Most women your age haven't even thought about having children yet. I'm not promoting teenage pregnancy by any means (and never will) but you did very well in your situation. Can I ask why you continued to have more children after the first when you were so young?

BTW niki1983, you are an exceptional young woman to have been able to do all you have. Most women your age haven't even thought about having children yet. I'm not promoting teenage pregnancy by any means (and never will) but you did very well in your situation. Can I ask why you continued to have more children after the first when you were so young?

There wasn't really a reason I continued to have more children, they just kind of happened. With my second child, I was 17, I got pregnant on birthcontrol. With my third we were using condoms and apparently one didn't do its job! By the time we got to # 4 we were using the rythm method, we had a slight miscalculation, but it resulted in my only son. I agree with you about not promoting teen pregnacy. But I must say that it isn't fair that teen mothers get put down so often and also get negative stereotypes. Yes there are teen moms that can't take care of themselves let alone another child, but on the other hand there are teens that do a better job raising there children the "adult" mothers.

I had my first 13yr old pt the other night. She was an amazingly strong girl, who looked nothing like the 12 yr old she was when she got pg. Luckily, her mother and grandmother, while not happy about the pregnancy, were there to support her, as the 16 yr old father was nowhere in sight. Probably out taking advantage of more 12 yr olds and leaving them with HPV. :angryfire

While this girl did a wonderful job, very stoic and mature, I can't help feeling sorry for her. Her life will never be the same. :o

Speaking of homeschooling, one of the other nurses, while giving report on the 13 yr old told me of a 13 yr old her son goes to school with who is pg with her second child. By her mother's boyfriend. :uhoh21: This nurses son liked the girl at one point. Until Mom noticed he wrote "**** sucks my ****" on his shoe, and "I want to **** C****" in his school book. He was 11!!! She said he went from being her baby boy to this ......... I can totally understand wanting to protect our children from this.

Yesterday had a 15 yo g2 p2 but its ok cuz they,re married????? Hubby wanted to know how soon she could run...so I asked if she jogged and dad replied..no we play basketball, my first thought...they should stick to basketball...unbelievable...

FOUND THIS IN OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER TODAY!!!

Man suspected of sex assault after 11-year-old gives birth

By Elizabeth Hume -- Bee Staff Writer

Published 2:15 am PDT Tuesday, May 4, 2004

SACRAMENTO - Police arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of sexual assault after an 11-year-old gave birth Friday to a 4-pound baby girl at Sutter Memorial Hospital, officials said.

The 11-year-old's parents said they were unaware of her pregnancy, according to police spokesman Sgt. Justin Risley. They assumed she had put on some extra weight, he said.

The day after she gave birth, police arrested a family friend, Sae Sou Lee of Sacramento on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, sexual battery and other sexual charges.

Both the 11-year-old and her baby were placed in protective custody, Risley said.

Lots of teen moms in my neighborhood. Sometimes pushing one baby in a stroller with another on the way! Of course all their friends have babies, too. So sad.

In clinical there was a pt in labor who was 12, the father was 14, and her mother was 26. Imagine being a grandmother at 26.

Unfortunately, it is a never ending cycle. The grandmom who is 26 now will probably be a great-grandma by the time she is 38. So sad, some kids just don't have a chance.:crying2:

My yougest was 11 she did not know she was pregnant and neither did her parents. She came to the ER with "sever abdominal pain" How can you not know your child is pregnant? The shocked families wisely put the baby up for adoption. She was a sweet little girl and so scared, and her family left her by herself after she delivered. I spent alot of time with her that night. She said she never really had sex they just had fooled around. She probably did not even know what sex was. I fear for our children living in a society that puts teens on a pedastol by giving them baby showers and pressuring them to keep their babies. I have a 13 year old boy and a 12 year old girl and it frightens me to think they could be involved with sex at such a young age. I guess that is why I am the over protective mother and they carry walkie talkie with them and I must know where they are and who with at all times and I will walk around and check on them.

Last year we had a group of girls ages 15-18 who were all friends and all got pregnant together. They thought it was so cool and they did not care who the fathers were. I was the lucky nurse to take care of the first one who came in, the mother was nuts crying and praising her 15 year old for this grandchild. After I took care of the first one the family and friends liked me so much every time one would come in they would request me to be their nurse. I am glad I am able to do my job and not let my own feelings interfere with the way I care for my patients.

Before going to nursing school, I worked as a phlebotomist in a large teaching hospital. On my morning run one day, I collected blood from a 10 year old that was admitted for "Termination of pregnancy". I have never forgotten her scared face.:crying2:

My youngest had just turned 12. Step father was the father of the baby. It was horrific.

Not very pc of me, but I actually do think we need to start really being critical about teen parenthood in our society. It is never a good thing for a child to have a child. Age is not all about state of mind, it's also about AGE. If you can't even drive a car or hold a job or finish school, how is that a good time to have a baby? We have become so accepting of this that some girls think it's no big deal. Well, it is a big deal.

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this whole thread and the comparison of horror stories is making me physically ill. It's just too sad that ANY child is subjected to such horrors to me.

It is a sad cycle. I dont believe it is so much as ignorance of birth control. But rarely do these girls ever have the love of a man that is not sexual. A father that loves them and is around.

And some of them just want something to love who will love them back.

And then others view it thru rose colored glasses and it being so "romantic" not realizing that they will most likely live the rest of their lives in poverty.

My youngest had just turned 12. Step father was the father of the baby. It was horrific.

Not very pc of me, but I actually do think we need to start really being critical about teen parenthood in our society. It is never a good thing for a child to have a child. Age is not all about state of mind, it's also about AGE. If you can't even drive a car or hold a job or finish school, how is that a good time to have a baby? We have become so accepting of this that some girls think it's no big deal. Well, it is a big deal.

I completely agree with you. Pregnancy has been romanticized. Having a baby is a tough thing at any age but when you yourself have not had the chance to grow and develop...... It is just so sad.

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