Why the hell do teenagers wait too long before asking could I be pregnant?

Question

Why the hell do teenagers wait too long before asking could I be pregnant?


Ie after a week its too late for the morning after pill why on earth dont they posty questions on the day so we can do something about it.


Better still why not ask people like

www.ruthinking.org.uk
www.childline.org.uk

www.4yp.co.uk

www.fpa.org.uk

www.brook.org.uk



Or go straight away for morning after pills or look into it before they go for it

I eman people mess up fair nuff... but why wait?


We want to help but leave it too late how can we...?


better still go though those agencies

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Claire

Probably because they are scared of people like you judging them


Have a look at my post history...


Im not going to condemn them as dirty or crap like that...


More worried about them... its like them saying I got bit by a sanke should I go to hospital, or ate bad mushrooms etc


too late for an antidote

Answer 1

coz they're not mature enough to deal with the situation. btw.. in some countries the morning after pill is illegal so its not that easy to get hold of them!!

Answer 2

i got pregnant at 20 and I had no clue I was pregnant simply because I have always had unprotected sex with my boyfriend for about 1 year and never got pregnant. I get my period ever 3 months... by the time i didn't get my period and i figure i was pregnant i was already three months... I also took shots that i wasn't suppose to take while i was pregnant... but i hadn't had the slightly clue i was.... teenagers want to convince themselves they the aren't when they really are... and they wait to the last minute to take a test and find out. Or be responsible and take the day after pill. and then there are some that honestly don't know the are pregnant. Who knows... the reasons...

Answer 3

Their probably scared of what other peoples reactions will be. Imagine telling your mum at 16 that your pregnant, it's hardly what she would have wanted for her daughter at that age. There are also alot of teens out there that may not have had their parents love when they were younger and they have a baby so that they have something to love, I've seen and heard it so many times. There is also the idea that they will be given a council house and will be set for life but the sad reality is that this doesn't happen. There are far too many young people out there getting pregnant and not thinking about the consequences of their actions

Answer 4

Alot of the teenagers are scared to tell there parents.They dont want them screaming and yelling at them.If you have not experianced for your self you dont know how they feel.I think if you are big enough to play then you are big enough to pay.I dont belive in abortion,Or the morning after pill.That is the easy way out.If you become pregnant then it is time for you to become an adult.I have been a mother since I was 15.I was scared to go and talk with my parents.Sex was something that was not talked about in my house.It is scary when you find out that you are going to be a mother or father at such a young age.

Answer 5

Yes prob because they hope it won't happen !

My daughter is 20 in a 'stable' relationship, has a job and yet still took a few weeks to tell me she was pregnant ! (after telling her friend!!!) She said she was scared to tell me ! I can't imagine why, this is my 1st grandchild and I am chuffed to bits, albeit not a 'good' time for her (they have just started to buy a flat) but when is it a good time? I am not an ogre and found it quite unbelieveable that she felt that way, she told close family that it has something to do with, when telling anyone shes pregnant its admitting that she has had sex! so maybe thats it...

Answer 6

We were all teens once. We were all vulnerable, gullible and easily led. Teen pregnancy is something that teens are responsible for, though they should not be blamed for. I don't blame the parents, or the teachers. Simply put, IT HAPPENS.

Perhaps they should use protection, or take the pill. But who are we to criticize when they don't? Our criticism is not what a young girl needs when she feels alone and desperate for help. Ideally, her parents should stand by her and her decisions, and support her. Sadly, in such a predicament, the parents are the last person she would want to tell.

Answer 7

Most probably because they are scared of the outcome and how people will react.The best thing we can do is just be there for them and let them no they can tell us anything and we will help them and not bury are heads in the sand and say it will never happen to me.Because you never no what is going to happen,you hope you have taught them right but at the end of the day its all down to them.

Answer 8

because they are thinking of all the consequences that will come with it. there is nothing wrong with sex it is going to happen but i think that parents are to busy yelling at there kids which makes them scared if the parents have an open relationship with the teens then they might come forward and be comfortable to ask for help parents need to understand the kids not try to keep them well behaving by yelling at then that will only make them hate you. that is what i think i hope i have helped Melanie

Answer 9

I became pregnant at 17. I didn't know until I was three months pregnant. Why? I was on birth control. I was using the patch and the weeks that I had to take the patch off, I would have spotting that I assumed was my period. Why take the morning after pill when I didn't have unprotected sex? When my husband suspected that something wasn't right, he took me to the doctor right away and it was confirmed.

Answer 10

Two reasons: like everyone else on earth, they think 'that happens but it would never happen to me!' Also, they may know all the facts from hygiene class and sex education but today the emphasis is on sex for recreation, not sex for procreation. They just don't know what they're dealing with - and usually drugs or alcohol are involved, clouding their appreciation of the event.