In this picture is a young adult that is mentally depressed over her pregnancy.

Depression is very common in teen pregnancies, which can cause illness to the mother and the baby. 

Citation:
 "woman-pregnant-holding-belly-200." www.news.health.com. Web. 4 Apr 2011. <http://news.health.com/2008/10/23/depression-pregnancy-preterm-birth-risk/>.

This is an picture that shows a silhouette young teenage couple in the background. And on top is statics that relate to the top of teenage pregnancies.

Citation:

"Adolescent-pregnancy." www.health.allrefer.com. Web. 4 Apr 2011. <http://health.allrefer.com/health/adolescent-pregnancy-adolescent-pregnancy.html>.

Preliminary Links

http://www.guttmacher.org/sections/pregnancy.php

This web page was made by the Guttmacher Institute. This is a group of scientists and doctors that studies sexual and reproductive health throughout the United States and doing world - wide programs that is interrelated.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/7305993/Teenage-pregnancy-rate-falls-but-key-target-set-to-be-missed.html

This is a link to a reliable article in The Telegraph, which is written on a year ago. It provides statics on the teenage pregnancies. That is the same as the stats on the databases for the United States.

http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-statistics.html

This website gives you dependable stats on how the United States teen pregnancy rate is how then any other country world-wide.

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3324401.html

This website goes into details about the different countries and why their teen pregnancies rates are not as high as the United States. It discusses all the factors that have a role on this rising number.

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This is my Wordle. In this Wordle there are phrases and words that are related to my topic "teenage pregnancies" and some of them are straight off of my blog. It has the emotions of a teenage mother would have at this point in her life. The colors is good for this topic too, because It plays on the emotions as well; fear, anger, pain and confusion.

Citation:
Jenkins, Jontecia L. Teenage Pregnancy. 2011. wordle.com. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. <http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3317529/teenage_pregnancy_>.

What I want to know?

I choose to blog about this topic to get speak on this elevating issue of Americans youth’s getting pregnant. I have some essential questions that will help me do my research for my blog. These questions connect to my topic, and my findings will give us all so answers to this problem; it will explain why the issue is occurring and it could even affect the future for teens that is experiencing peer pressure to have sex, create support for them that is not getting from home, and will hopefully encourage young teens to be safe if they do decide to be sexually active. The questions I have a need to ask are several and they are as follows:

1. Why do teens feel they need to have a baby just to feel loved? Is it a mental condition?
2. When should parents now days start having a talk with their teens about having sexual relationships?
3. Is parenting one of the main causes for Americans pre-teens/teenagers getting pregnant?
4. What could actually make the rate of pregnancies decrease in our youth?
5. Is the youth less prepared for the sexual world then they think? Do they know all the risks?