Early Pregnancy

Dizon, Nayra Franchesca M.

Dominguez, Celina G.
Endozo, Nolhean V.
Sison, Reynalyn P.
Garbida, Phoebe Petit C.
Castillo, Vianca Maria

I. Introduction
Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines is
increasingly becoming a major cause of
concern because the prevalence is
continuously increasing every year. There is
a rising trend of young pregnant mothers
and majority of whom are not married.

Timeliness

One in a ten young Filipino women age 15

to 19 has begun child bearing; 8% are
already mothers and another 2 percent are
pregnant with their first child according to
the results of the 2013 National
Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).
Among young adult women age 20-24, 43%
are already mothers and 4% are pregnant
with their first child.

Recommendation

A very important concern for preventing teen

pregnancy is having a good guidance throughout
the teenagers teen years. The guardians of the
teens play a crucial role in guiding the teen to
making the right choices in his/her life. The
teenager then is faced with obstacles that would
normally happen to a 20-30 year old woman. Not
having the proper guidance will cause the teen
to find the alternatives. For example, finding
someone to be with to be cared for by in replace
of a strong guidance, by the guardians in the
teenagers life.