Teenage pregnancy help - Nottingham

[prufrock]

My 16 year old sister has just told me that one of her school friends is 6 months pregnant. The poor kid is in complete denial about it - apparently she had unprotected sex with two different boys, so doesn't know who the father is, hasn't told her Mum, and won't because she'd "kill her". She needs more support than just my little sister! Does anybody know of any advice centres or similar in the Notts area that she could call/visit?

She could do worse than phone Brook? God, how awful. AND for your sister. Good luck. xxxx

not sure about nottingham area
but try this - gives details of brooks advisory clinics so sure she can find nearest
bpas

Some areas have drop-in health clinics for teenagers associated with Family Planning clinics - try yellow pages.

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If she's in denial will she go? prufrock, could your mum step in here perhaps? (Assume your sister lives with her?) Or is there a teacher she has a good relationship with? She needs a responsible non-judgmental adult to take charge at this point I think - if one of my DD's friends was in this position that's what I would do.

Poor lass.

I was a teenage mum (18) and my half sister was 14!!!!!!! My poor Mum

When my sis announced her pregnancy (in denial until 6 months too) it was received as a disaster for all concerned but Paige is now 2, beautiful happy and healthy so it was a happy ending and my sister did a big turnaround, knuckled down and got her GCSEs etc so not all bad.

In this area there is a service called Mum2Mum - where mums who were teenage befriend girls going through it - might there be something like that?

I hope this girl can get some help, Prufrock. She isn't in complete denial, otherwise she wouldn't have told your sis. It sounds like your sis is a lovely girl, obviously concerned about her friend.

My friend's 17yo dd had a baby last March. The first they knew, she walked into their sitting room one evening and said "Mummy, Daddy, could someone take me to the hosptial? I think I'm in labour." She had an 8lb 13oz boy, three hours later. How she managed to hide it, no one knows, although her mum had given her a subscription to a gym for Xmas as she was looking a bit unfit!

It's been a difficult time for them all. The girl has had to get used to having a little baby, (the dad is now history, although he has the baby one day a week) and my friend and dh have had to put retirement plans on hold, as well as try to support their dd. Certainly, everything in the garden isn't rosy at the moment, unfortunately.

we have mum2mum too
and also something called community mums who support after birth
find out at gp