A WOMAN who fell pregnant as a teen has reflected on her pregnancy now her daughter is nearly the same age.
Becca Farley, 27, was just 15 when she first became pregnantwith her daughter.
Now, she has revealed the incredible moment she received her GCSE results – while in labour with her first child.
Living in Hampshire, UK, Becca has shared her emotional rollercoaster of deciding to become a parent while still at school.
Becca discovered she was expecting at 15 and gave birth just two months after turning 16.
In a twist of fate, she received her GCSE results while in the delivery room, balancing contractions with the momentous news about her education.
Despite the stigma surrounding teenage pregnancy, Becca says she always felt supported by her mum – a level of understanding she hopes to pass on to her daughter, even though the conversation is anything but easy.
As her own daughter approaches the same age, Becca is reflecting on the challenges of young motherhood and the difficult conversations that come with it.
She said: “She is a teenager closer to the age that I was when I fell pregnant.
“The closer she gets to that age, the more I get asked how I would react, or what would I do if she was then also to get pregnant at that age.”;
Although Becca doesn’t encourage teenage pregnancy, she firmly believes in letting her daughter make her own choices.
Becca said: “I fell pregnant at 15, collected my GCSE results whilst in labour with her and gave birth just two months after I turned 16.
“I was a very switched-on, intelligent child and young teenager, and yet it still happened.
“It’s a very difficult conversation to navigate.
“I can’t turn around to her and say, ‘Don’t get pregnant young, you’ll be making a massive mistake, and it will ruin your life.’
She actually saved me in a lot of ways.
Becca Farley
“That’s implying that she was a mistake and ruined my life. Which is completely incorrect and false.
“She actually saved me in a lot of ways.
“In regards to how I would react, it’s really hard.
“I don’t know if I would have the same level of calm on the outside that my mum did with me.”
UK Teen Mum Statistics
Teen pregnancies in the UK have been decreasing considerably since 2007...
The under-18 conception rate has decreased considerably since 2007, reports Nuffield Trust.
Between 2007 and 2021, the under-18 conception rate in England and Wales decreased by 68%, from 42 per 1,000 women to 13 per 1,000 women.
This resulted in 13,131 under-18 conceptions in England and Wales in 2021.
