11 Year old girl becomes - Brittain's youngest mom

mckayleesmom wrote: Found this story that came from The Sun:


A girl is to become Britain's youngest mother after becoming pregnant at 11.
The girl smokes 20 cigarettes a day despite being eight months' pregnant. She conceived aged 11 when she lost her virginity to a boy of 15 on a drunken night out with friends.

The 15-year-old has since been charged with rape by police, and is due to appear again at Edinburgh sheriff court on July 10.

Her 34-year-old mother, who gave birth to her youngest child eight months ago, said she was 'proud' of her daughter.

She will be 12 years and 8 months when she has the child next month. Jenny Teague, Britain's youngest mother until now, was a month older when she gave birth in 1997.


The youngster, who lives near Edinburgh, says looking after her younger brothers has prepared her for motherhood.

But the girl admits she "panics and cries" when babies are unwell and does not feel able to bathe them.

The mother-to-be, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had unprotected sex with the teenage boy, who also cannot be identified, while drunk last August.

'Excited'

She told the Sun: "I didn't think I'd get pregnant because it was my first time. But I'm really excited and looking forward to being a mum.

"I can't wait to take the baby swimming and out for walks in the pram. I think I'll be able to cope as I've had lots of practice looking after my brothers.

"I know how to feed a baby its bottle and I can change nappies. But I panic and cry if they're sick and I don't like giving them a bath because I'm a bit frightened.

"It's good to know I'll have my mum here to help me if I need her."

Concerned she might be pregnant, the girl visited a GP three times but tests proved negative. She learned the truth after buying a home-testing kit from a supermarket.

After the device displayed two blue lines, indicating she was pregnant, she pleaded with a female relative to break the news to her mother. The girl, who has been suspended from her first year of secondary school for fighting, said: "I was paranoid about what my mum was going to say and just frightened about being pregnant too.

"I knew straight away that I couldn't have an abortion because that's something I don't believe in.

"I was upset and so was my mum, especially as she'd just had my wee brother. We had a big argument and I ended up locking myself in my room and running away to a friend's.

"It was really hard but it's brought me and my mum closer, which is good. I knew my mum would stand by me no matter what, but I told her straight away I was going to keep the baby.

"The social worker suggested I got rid of it but I'd never do that."

Smoking at nine

The girl, who has shoulder-length dark hair, began smoking at nine and started drinking tonic wine and vodka cocktails at ten. She claimed her cigarette habit was not harming the health of her unborn child.

She said: "I can give up smoking at any time, but I don't find it affects my pregnancy."

The girl, whose parents split up several years ago, said she would like a baby boy - and may call him Leo.

She is currently being educated at a local community centre but knows she must return to school.

She told the Sun: "My mum has said she will look after the baby so I can go to school. I don't know what I want to do with my life when I leave. I used to want to be a nursery nurse, but now I'm not so sure."

'Proud of my daughter'

Her mum said: "I'm not ashamed of my daughter at all - in fact, I'm proud of her for keeping the baby.

"I know she's worried what other people will say but she can walk out there with her head held high.

"At first I wasn't too happy about becoming a gran. But now I'm used to the idea. I'm really looking forward to having another baby in the house."

The Scottish Conservatives has called for society and families to unite to change attitudes towards sex following the news.


Umm, wow, I think that's all I can say right now.

mckayleesmom replied: I don't know what to say....I think based on the other stuff shes doing besides getting knocked up at 11...that this child should be taken away from her parents and put in custody of someone that is actually paying attention to what shes doing. Drinking, smoking....she is 11...where is her so caring of a mother when all this was happening???

BAC'sMom replied: Oh my, what is this world coming too? I am putting Ansley in a convent pronto.

C&K*s Mommie replied: UNBELIEVABLE!!! Simply unbelievable.


Christian and Kel will be following soon.

CantWait replied: Hmmmm seems a little strange to me, not to mention the mom and daughter both seem a little delusional.

ashtonsmama replied:


I thought you were joking with this one Brianne!


How crazy...I'm so sad for that family, that's waaaaaay too young to be *ahem*:
#1 Drinking
#2 Smoking (WHILE PREGNANT?!?) And her mother doesn't stop her?!?
#3 HELLO?!? PREGNANT AT 11?!?



That's all I can say--I'm speechless.

luvbug00 replied: delusional is Right!! WOW.

gr33n3y3z replied:
drinking and smoking at that age there is nothing uncommon its the same way in Italy
But its so sad at her age of having a child and her mother needs a reality check its like saying go have more

Kirstenmumof3 replied: OMG that is way to young to be having a baby! I know I certainly wasn't ready for a baby when I had my first at the age of 20!

lisar replied: Okay first off she is 11 and smoking..... And where was her mother when she off with people drinking.....And she is excited about this. That girl is going to get a reality check when she goes into labor.

MyLuvBugs replied: Ok. that's just disturbing and I actually found myself laughing at the complete idiocy of the whole thing. Smoking at 9. Drinking at 10 and PG at 11....yeah she's a winner And I LOVED that she said "I can quit whenever I feel like, but I don't think my smoking affects my pregnancy." Oh Ok! B/c an 11 year old knows better than Doctors and research, yeah right!?!?! Dont' they have childwelfare agencies over there? OMG!!

My2Beauties replied: Oh that is just completely and totally awful, I am speechless. I cannot believe that she is smoking, drinking and preggo at the age of 11. What on earth is going on with our youth

b&bsmom replied: I don't know how her body can be ready to have a baby. I didn't get my first AF till age 13 and then I missed it. ( I didn't realize it was my Af ( long story)) I can not believe an 11yr olds body can handle a pg. It is so disturbing that means Brit could be pg in 4 yrs. That is crazy. Brit can not even tie her shoes yet!!! Anyway , I am just babbling I can not belive how absurd this is. I believe something needs to be done.

msoulz replied: Is this for real? Isn't The Sun the same "newspaper" that regularly prints pictues of aliens, or am I thinking of another publication?

I'd like to think this isn't real. But then, I'd like to think a lot of things . . .

1lilpeanut2love replied:


I think this is NOT for real!!!! JMHO!!!!!!!!!!!

Nina J replied: I hope things work out for that girl. It's awful that she is still smoking, and that she was allowed to drink at such a young age. But this girl may be a good mother, you never know. I just hope she is, for the child's sake.

mammag replied: Wow! I would LOVE to find out that this is untrue! Kristen will be 11 next week. I can't even begin to imagine this being her. At 11 why is the girl even out at night in that manner to get pg in the first place. And why is the boy charged with rape. The way she said "I didn't think I could get pg the first time" doesn't sound like she was an unwilling participant.

The mother of this girl is the real villain in this story.....gotta feel really sad for this baby and the 8mo old the mom just had. IMO, she should be losing all her children.