Your resource for articles and stories about teen pregnancy, from how to prevent it to how to cope with it.
1. Frequently Asked Questions About Teen Pregnancy
What causes pregnancy, and what doesn't cause pregnancy? Is there anything you can do after sex to keep yourself from getting pregnant? What are the signs that you might be pregnant? There are no stupid questions...but if you plan on having sex before you know the facts, you're not thinking very smartly.
2. Birth Control Methods for Teens
If you're going to have vaginal sex, there's a whole boatload of STDs you can catch (even if your partner swears that they're clean), and that if you're not careful, sex can lead to pregnancy (even if it's your first time, even if you're on your period, and even if the guy pulls out before he's finished). If you know that, then you know that you absolutely must use a form of birth control every single time you have sex. Get to know the list of birth control methods, and make sure that the one you want to use actually works.
3. Pregnancy Tests: Where to Use Them, How to Find Them
If you're a sexually active teen, chances are that you've worried about getting pregnant. While it's important to choose a reliable method of birth control, it's also important to know how to use a pregnancy test if you're concerned that you might be pregnant. Here's a crash course in how pregnancy tests work, where to get them and when you should use them.
4. Stupid Reasons for Teenagers to Get Pregnant
Teenage girls can have some pretty dumb reasons to want to get pregnant. Come see what some of them are, and if you've heard a dumb reason from anyone at your school, share it with us.
5. The Grossest Pregnancy Symptoms You Can Get
If you think pregnancy is all about having a cute baby bump and getting lots of attention, you're sorely mistaken (emphasis on sore - sore back, sore breasts, sore everything). Here are some truly common, truly gross pregnancy symptoms you've probably never heard about.
6. Advice for Wanna-Be Teenage Moms
Some teen girls are convinced that they're ready to be mothers - they just feel it in their guts. If you're one of them, don't do anything before you read this article. It might just change your mind.
7. Teen Pregnancy: A Good Girl Shares her Story
Read the true story of Rebecca, a 16-year old girl who never thought she'd be one of those girls who'd get pregnant...well, until she was.
8. Advice for Pregnant Teens Considering Abortion
If you're a pregnant teen, you should consider all of your options - including abortion - and then choose the one that makes the most sense for you, your future and your beliefs. Get the facts about medical and surgical abortions.
9. Quiz: Are You a Pregnancy Waiting to Happen?
When it comes to teens, sex, and unwanted pregnancy, what you don't know can hurt you. Do you have your sex facts straight? Do you know the dos and don'ts of birth control? Do you fall for some all too common sex & pregnancy myths? Take this quiz and find out your unwanted pregnancy risk factor.10. The Rhythm Method, and Why It's Stupid
The "rhythm method" (also called fertility awareness) isn't the name of a jam band. It's a form of contraception where you avoid having sex when the woman is most fertile (about a week out of every month) and have unprotected sex all you want after that. Find out why you should never, ever rely on it.