10-year-old gives birth

[Chilly Willy]

Kids today are crazy.

[TheMoog]

The young mother was given special treatment however. She was not admitted to the regular maternity ward lest this raise too many curious questions. She was given a bed in the children's ward.

Ahem. I think it would raise MORE questions in the children's ward wouldn't it? After all, all the adults on the maternity ward would already be pretty aware of what was going on already. I think the kids would be asking PLENTY curious questions!

[darksithbunny]

*runs and gathers children to hide away until they are 18 or 21*

[Sweetie]

Damn, that's crazy.
I am sure this girl won't lose much of her childhood though, I bet her mother does raise it as her own and this child thinks the real mother is her sister. I have heard of that happening several times.

[VenusInFauxFurs]

I'll admit I did get my period at 10. I didn't know why the hell I was bleeding and it really frightened me. My mum hadn't sat my down and had that little talk with me yet. Still, at 10 years old, I was busy jumping rope not jumping boys.

[aabbcc]

As a mother, I just cannot imagine my little baby having a little baby at that age. Luckily, she is now a teenager who doesn't yet like boys and thinks babies are gross. She also knows all about the birds and the bees, so I have hope that nothing like that happens until she's an adult and she's ready for it.

*crosses fingers and toes*

[AuGusT]

ohhhhhhhh !!

[Mel1973]

Originally Posted by AliceInWonderland

holy fuck for fucks sake. just sad. say goodbye to your short childhood (im still living mine @25!)

looks like her mom will raise the baby and she can get back to the 4th or 5th grade.

Originally Posted by DoveFeatheredRaven

Oh thank god this didn't happen in the South.

Amen!

Originally Posted by BoogsBun

I learned about sex, periods and pregnancy at the ripe old age of 6, TWICE. My mom told me, and then my stepmom told me. I got the lecture every year, on my birthday (it evolved from the basics, to such pleasantries such as anal sex, blow jobs, spit vs. swallow).

I'm really trying to pictures this conversation: "So, now that we've blown out the candles ... that reminds me of a little talk we need to have" ... ???

Originally Posted by Sweetie

Damn, that's crazy.
I am sure this girl won't lose much of her childhood though, I bet her mother does raise it as her own and this child thinks the real mother is her sister. I have heard of that happening several times.

Just think, if history repeats itself, this girl could be a grandma at 20!!

[BoogsBun]

Originally Posted by Mel1973

looks like her mom will raise the baby and she can get back to the 4th or 5th grade.

Amen!

I'm really trying to pictures this conversation: "So, now that we've blown out the candles ... that reminds me of a little talk we need to have" ... ???

Just think, if history repeats itself, this girl could be a grandma at 20!!

It apparently worked..lol. Was a virgin until I was 17, and didn't have my first baby until I was 28.

[KrisNine]

I remember there was an actress, maybe a soap star who was popular in the 80's, that had a baby when she was 13. Her daughter returned the favor by having a baby in her teens, although not 13. So she was a grandmother in early 30's. I can't remember who it was but I know it wasn't a story on the soaps.

[effie2]

My 21 year old youngest is still a virgin,and that made me feel bad,thinking what did i do wrong.
I cant begin to imagine how this mother is feeling.

[DevilDoll2025]

This is crazy. When I was about 9 the teachers separated the boys and girls and decided to have an embarassing (sp?) puberty & sex talk. I wondered if other schools do that as well, but this answered my question.

[TheMoog]

On the bright side, I'll bet her figure snaps back in a trice!

[zebracakes]

Originally Posted by stylejunkiex

Also, how can you think it's pure weight gain? Do you NOT feel the baby kicking or notice the lack of periods? Some people need a good old fashioned smack upside the head. Jeez.

She was ten years old for goodness sake. You talk like she was an adult.

[SweetPea]

Yesterday the medical weekly De Huisarts reported that 57 Belgian 10-year-olds had been prescribed a birth control pill last year. Some for medical reasons, but others for actual birth control.

This is the most disturbing thing I've read in quite a while.