Family Life Education I – Teenage Pregnancy JSS3 Basic Science Lesson Note

TEENAGE PREGNANCY: is defined as a pregnancy that occurs in young women between the ages of ten to nineteen Regardless of whether the woman is married or is legally an adult. Teenage pregnancy is associated with risks such as biological effects with social factors.

 CAUSES OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY.

1. Societal beliefs such as early marriage and traditional gender.
2. Lack of sex education such as saving sex from school, parents, and otherwise.
3. Use of high failure rate control
4. Use of drugs and alcohol may lead to unwanted sexual activities.
5. Poverty
6. Lack of basic things that will kill the life group.

 IMPLICATION OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY.

1. Health implication.

• Pregnancy may be inducing hypertension which can cause heart failure and death of both mother and child.
• from deficiency anemia which reduces the chance of survival and excessive bleeding.
• Incomplete abortion.
• Infectious and injuries to genital organs.
• It leads to unsafe abortion by unwanted untrained and unqualified health care providers.

Social – Economic implication

• Termination of education
• Disruption of life plans and career goals.
• Early and forced marriage due to pregnancy.
•  Low self-esteem
•  Few job opportunities with low income and poverty. 

Emotional or psychological implication.

• Loneliness and depression.
• Feeling of guilt and fear.
• Emotional or psychological balance due to loss of childhood and adapting to adulthood.
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CARE NEEDED DURING PREGNANCY.

1. Going for pregnancy lost immediately one misses her period.
2. Talk with someone you trust.
3. Enroll for ante-natal care check-up with a medical provider.
4. Follow proper anti-natal care instructions by keeping to the recommended drug by a medical provider.
5. eat nourishing food rich in protein, calcium, folic acid, iodine and iron
6. Get adequate rest
7.  Avoid smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol

 MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT PREGNANCY.

 A myth is something that makes people believe but does not exist in reality.

A fact is something true and can also be proved.

MYTHS ABOUT PREGNANCY.

1. Only pregnancy makes a woman’s period cease
2. Every pregnant woman vomits.
3.  Pregnancy makes women unclean before God
4. All pregnant women have morning sickness.
5. Pregnant women should not dye their hair.
6. Pregnant women shouldn’t eat fish.
7.  Pregnancy is not possible during this period.
8. First-time sex can lead to pregnancy.
9. Washing the vagina after sex won’t lead to pregnancy.
10. Pregnant women should not take baths.

FACTS  ABOUT PREGNANCY.

1. Pregnant women should not carry heavy items.
2. Some women experience bleeding even though they are pregnant.
3. Pregnant women should not drink alcohol.
4. Pregnancy may last for more than a year
5. Pregnant women should not change can litter.

ASSIGNMENT.

1. Life begins with the union of  A. zygote, sperm   B. egg, zygote C. sperm, ovum  D. male and female.
2. Early marriage and pregnancy are more common in   A. traditional rural communities cities C. developed nations educational communities.
3. Which of the following is not a health implication of teenage pregnancy?  A. induced hypertension B. premature labour C. incomplete abortion D. loss of weight.
4. State four facts about pregnancy.
5. State four cares needed during pregnancy.
6. State four myths about pregnancy.