THE HOSPITAL – Teenage Mothers On Channel 4
This second episode looks at the cost of teenage mothers to an already stretched NHS. The UK has the highest number of teenage mothers in Europe: there were 46,000 last year across the UK. The government has a strategy to reduce the numbers but at City Hospital in Birmingham 10 new pregnant teenage girls a week register at the maternity unit. And teenage pregnancies are neither straightforward nor cheap.
Tuesday 14 April 2009
9:00pm, Channel 4
Chat about this on the Unreality TV Forum »
Loading ...
I am 38 weeks pregnant 27 married I think I have put those thinks because I am furious what I just seen , teenage stubborn dumb and selfish girls , not future mother to be or mothers .
We tax payers have to pay for their kinds council houses benefits everything .
Discussing , I have no respect to girl whose spreading legs and after leaving on our cost .
They have to this or that no they don’t they have take responsibility for their actions you spreading the legs you know what you going to .
Having a child It is not an option to go away from school .
Selfish cows no respect for them from my position they should go back to school after to job and no benefit simple
i watched this lastnight an it really annoyed me! because all it showed was teenagers that werent with their parteners anymore an teenagers that were smoking an not doing as they should while they were pregnant! it made out that all teenage mums werent with there babys dads an that teenagers shouldnt be mums! well im only 18 an ive got a baby an i am still with her dad an i didnt smoke while i was pregnant an i dont like needles at all but i had everything i had to have while i was pregnant. an it showed all the teenagers saying they werent using contraception but that isnt the case with every teenage mum! i no quite a few teenage mums an we all thing the same about what we watched lastnight! not all of us are like that at all me an my boyfriend do everything for our little girl she has everything an she is an angel an is always happy! so i think everyone should stop judging teenage mums an that program should have shown some teenagers who have parteners an a home an are happy!!!!
Wow, what happened to education in this country?
completely agree with tracey on this she took the words out of my mouth. The girls are complete idiots but clever ones, they know this feckless government will pay them to behave like this what other incentive do they need?
Stop the benefits get their parents educated as well and we might be somewhere nearer to a more vicalised society.
this is really annoying me now!!! not all teenagers are out
to get pregnant for the benefits! im 18 an have a baby
an my boyfriend works every hour he can an as soon as my
daughter turns 9months ill be going back to work! everyone
is making out that all teenage mums are out for the benefits
an so they dont have to work! when we arnt all like that!
this is why i was so annoyed when i watched the program the
other night because it didnt show any teenagers like myself
that does everything for my child an is still with her dad
an is going back to work! i really do not think it is fair!
im 16 i have a 2 year old son hes healthy and has everything he needs hes in playgroup fulltime as i work for salford foundation im not with the babys dad because thats what he wanted ..you lot need to realise some teenage mums are good mums !!! ive done well in life i have a beautiful son and a job to support us my job now is to reduce the number of teenage parents in manchester but cmon give them a bvreak guys !!!