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  1. My friend i was rather stupid when it came to getting pregnant. As she had her first baby at 13 after sleeping with her boyfriend about 3 times, i believed that it was a one off and she had learnt her lesson. But then 2years later when she was 15 she fell pregnant again and yet again had the baby. Her mother was very considerate and even though she was furious about the baby/ies she still refused to let her daughter have an abortion. Now the girl is pregnant again at 19! I feel really sorry for her mother as not only is she having to cope with her rebellious daughter and two other sons she has also a 6year old and 4year old grandchildren and soon another.”

    Posted by Louise on 18th Oct at 1:19AM (flag as inappropriate)

That was like the biggest shock of the planet. I just … ooh I couldn’t believe when the doctor's receptionist told me”

Lisa, 37

Sex facts

  • Any contact between the penis and vagina can result in pregnancy, even if the man does not ejaculate inside the woman.
  • The length of pregnancy is calculated from the first day of the woman’s last period and lasts 40 weeks on average.
  • Research suggests 40% of pregnancies are unplanned, 81% of which are attributed to contraceptive failure

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    “I subsequently went on to the pill as you tend to do when you’re in a long term relationship, but obviously I hadn’t been at that time and too excited, or drunk, or silly to use a condom…”

    Jenny, 39

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