If a girl loses her virginity before the age of 15, there's a 46 percent chance she'll fall pregnant before turning 20.

[Earlybird]

....according to newly released research in America.

Seems very high to me.

What do you think?

I could hardly wait till I was 16, I was so horny.

I took the pill regularly, used condoms and had STI screening with long-term partners when it was time to ditch the condoms.

I was only with the boy for about another 2m after

And I didn't have sex with my next boyfriend after him... (and we were together about 9m) Just didn't feel 'right'

And have had 11 sexual partners and am 32... so not a massively high number considering I lost it at an early age

(Hope that reassures a bit!)

< sticks fingers in ears >

la-la-la-la

AF - your DD will not have had a fucked up childhood. She has you and your lovely DH. If she's her mother's daughter, I think she'll be just fine

She won't fall into the arms of the first "man" (in my case, 18 year old) who shows her some affection because she's so desperate for something that seems like love...

I've had loads of partners .

Didn't fall pregnant till I was 32, about 6 months after DH and I married.

No fucked up childhood.

I just had a high libido. Still do.

expat, I think I have both

Have they surveyed mothers at the age of 20?

Or a sample of the general population who lost their virginity before 15?

Because 46% of mothers 20 or under lost their virginity before the age of 15 sounds very different to If a girl loses her virginity before the age of 15, there's a 46% chance she'll fall pregnant before turning 20

thanks belle

But I am still very scared for her

You will understand, in about 12 years time

AF Everything I've typed and wiped sounds wrong but I think I understand.

I know belle

maybe I should stop projecting my own teenage mistakes

Your daughter has an amazing, intelligent, caring mother (and one who would not put up with twattish blokes in either of your lives). She will be fine.

I had just such a mother, Trillian, and yep, I'm fine!

I don't regret any of them, either (well, a few of the small dick/bad tongue ones ).

trill, you mean me ?

thanks, let's hope it is enough

omg....teenage girls, she might just be the death of me < counts grey hairs >

expat...I know she is her own person, with her own sexuality etc

just not my daughter !!!!!

Oh, my mother doesn't know the half of it, AF .

stop it

just you wait....

Yep, you. So were you a teenage mother yourself, or just a bit of a tearaway?

Erm, not a teenage mother

I was 30 when I had my first child (had a couple of false starts before that though, at 28 and 29)

Put it this way though, I wouldn't want my own dd to behave like I did as a teenager though. Hypocritical ???...yes indeedy

Seriously though, I was stupid in my younger days, got shat on from a great height, had a lucky escape from a potentially awful situation blah blah blah

I didn't get to be this wise old bird without going through that

Wise old bird is a wonderful phrase Hopefully your DD can learn from your experience rather than having to experience all of it herself.

AF, I do know where you're coming from

But for me it's more the drugs and booze than the sex (wrt worrying about the dds' adolescence) I was lucky that I had a lot of 'enjoyable' experiences but, let's face it, they could have landed me in all sorts of strife... and I didn't always come out completely unscathed

But that's the learning process, I guess, as you've kind of mentioned

I think you're right and we need to try not to project our own experiences onto our DC

Must add I speak as a parent of a 6 and 3 year old. Will be eating my word in about 10yrs time

yes, you will, nnb

I guarantee it

Trill...I hope so, although I daren't tell her all of it

Put it on Ch. 4 now.

It's about underage people having sex.

And they're being pretty honest about it.

One, Amy, reminds me of myself.

Belle, snap for 14 and first pregnant at 41!

In my case it was my reaction to finding out that my boyfriend, 11 years older than me, was just like all the other paedophiles I'd met and I had wanted to make it 'different' as a way to survive.

FWIW he's now a vicar and I don't think he should be near anyone that's vulnerable in any way - because he's a complete bastard - npd and think Alan Rickman in Barchester Chronicles.