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Pregnant Teens

Philippa Goymer follows Nicole, Megan and Robyn through their pregnancies in Middlesbrough, a town with the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the UK.

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Episodes

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Welcome to Pregnant Teens
Follow three girls through pregnancy in a UK town with the highest rate of teen births.
16 Oct 2019,2 mins
E01: Meet Nicole, Megan and Robyn
The girls spill the how, the who and the what now in the first episode of Pregnant Teens.
25 Oct 2019,39 mins
E02: “I didn’t realise how expensive everything was. It’s £11 a tub for milk”
The girls discuss how much babies cost and their old days of drinking cider in the park.
01 Nov 2019,34 mins
E03: "Do you have a poo in labour?"
Meet the midwife, Anita Scott answers the girls questions.
08 Nov 2019,46 mins
E04: “I found out I was pregnant in the Toby Carvery”
Eden's 19 and has a two year old son she talks to the girls about being a young mum.
15 Nov 2019,59 mins
E05: "If they knew you hadn’t had sex they’d bully you for it”
The girls meet Nadia from Middlesbrough who has her sights set on Durham University
22 Nov 2019,46 mins,
“The cord fell off so we’ve kept that”
We hear Robyn’s birth story from sweeps to contractions to holding baby Skyla in her arms
29 Nov 2019,43 mins
“I started my degree when I was living in a women’s refuge with the kids”
Three generations of teen mums – Robyn, her Mum Shelly and Nana Avril
06 Dec 2019,52 mins
E08:“We bought the milk off the shoplifters”
The podcast went on the move this week visiting Robyn and Megan at home
13 Dec 2019,44 mins
EP09 “I admire these girls. Whatever age you are you’re always vulnerable”
Jemma had her first baby at 32 and married, how does her life compare to the girls?
20 Dec 2019,44 mins
EP10 “Don’t be scared.”
The goodbye and good luck – final episode of series 1
27 Dec 2019,33 mins