Instead of showing a video about having a baby, schools should show one about protecting yourself when having sex

Natasha

She says she caught STIs through unprotected sex.

She said: "It was quite easy. At the time you think 'I can't think about it' and men, well they're even worse.

"They won't put a condom on and if you don't ask, they seem to just go with the flow, so you go with the flow and being young, you just sort of roll with it."

She says her cavalier attitude was not based on youthful abandon.

She said: "I think there's a lot of ignorance as well.

"The attitude is 'put a condom on or you'll get pregnant, not put a condom on and you won't get any STIs,' which is what everyone should be thinking."

Forewarned is forearmed

She says that when she was at school, the advice about STIs was virtually non existent.

She said: "I think now in schools, they should bring it in a lot more at a younger age, do it with biology.

"Instead of showing a video about having a baby, schools should show one about protecting yourself when having sex.

"I think it makes more sense."

She thinks sex education needs to change significantly.

She said: "I think they need to start from STIs and work their way upwards.

"I know unwanted pregnancies are high as well, but if you get chlamydia for example and it goes undetected you're then not likely to be able to have children.

"So I think it should start from there."

She says her experience will change the way she explains matters to her own children.

She said: "My twin daughters will know.

"They can come and talk to me about anything now and they're only four, but when they get older they're definitely going to know about STIs.

"Don't give a man the responsibility.

"You need to know if you're going to have sex, here's a condom, it's simple. It takes two minutes if that."