- What would you think if you got pregnant
as a teenager?
- Oh, I feel like I'd get killed.
(music)
- Hi, I'm Maddie.
- Hi Maddie, I'm Jules.
- Hi, I'm Talbot. - Hi.
- Hi, I'm Vanessa, it's nice to meet you.
- I'm Maddie. - Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you all.
What do you think you're here for?
- I saw a baby outside so that's all I'm thinking of,
a young parent?
- Yeah!
I'm a teen-mom.
- When I came in, I thought the baby
was the lady's outside.
- Yeah, that's my mom, so she's a grandma.
- Wow.
- Yeah (laughs).
How old do you think I am?
- Uhhh, 19.
- I'm 15.
Yeah (laughs), I had my baby when I was 14
and I had just turned 14 when I got pregnant.
- That's kinda weird, 14!
- Yeah, I know.
- How old is your daughter?
- She's 10 months, almost 11 months.
- What's her name?
- Everly.
- That's a good name.
- Thank you!
- What was your first reaction
when you found out you were pregnant?
- I was scared.
I was mostly just terrified of my mom's reaction though.
Because my mom's like my best friend, I didn't want her
to look down on me.
- What was your mom's reaction when you told her?
- Okay, so surprisingly a lot of people think that my mom
would've like freaked out, kicked me out but she actually,
she just hugged me and said it's gonna be okay.
- That's really nice.
- Did you tell your boyfriend like immediately?
- Well, he was my ex at the time
and I told him the day of.
I actually Snapchatted him to tell him.
At first he thought I was lying.
And then I went and got a sonogram and I sent him a picture,
and he's like "Oh crap, it's real. She's really pregnant!"
What do you think your mom would say,
if you said you were pregnant when you're 14?
- I'm not really sure, I think she would freak out.
'Cause like, I'm so at that point, I'm like "ew"--
- "Cooties" was it cooties? - No.
I'm just like "Ew that sounds weird and disgusting".
Um...
Sex. (laughs)
- What do you think the right age is to start having sex?
- When you're a junior in high school,
you can explore each others bodies.
(laughs)
- Actually like, in eighth grade that's when our friends
started having sex and stuff.
So there was a lot of people.
The way eighth grade, like the end of it.
You know how boys, they always like "won't you do sir".
Does that happen to you, cause I remember when I was 12
boys would always like, send pictures and stuff.
I'm like what is that weird looking worm.
(laughs)
They don't do that anymore here?
- Oh, I got one snapchat about it, and was like
"Just gonna delete you". - It's really bad.
So I kinda got exposed to that early.
Then when I got a boyfriend, he wanted to have sex.
I didn't really want to.
- Tell him to do it himself.
(laughs)
- I kinda thought, "I love him. This is what he wants,
"so if I wanna keep him this is what I have to do"
which is not the case.
So never think that.
But we ended up having sex and I got pregnant.
- Did you guys use protection?
- No.
- Well!
- Yeah,
but in Texas they don't really teach about that in school.
Did you all learn about protection?
- Yes. - Yeah, condoms and stuff.
- Yeah, all they taught was abstinence.
So they just said "This is sex don't have it"
- Oh, so they never taught protection or STD's or anything?
- I didn't really have any idea
that it was so easy to get pregnant.
I thought it just happened like 1 out of 10 times, you know?
- Well that's not the case.
- Yeah, cause they don't really teach you that in Texas.
So, if you were to be a teen mom too, is that like scary?
- Yes.
- Yeah, I don't promote it.
So like, wait.
What would y'all think if,
let's say you got pregnant or you got a girl pregnant?
- I would probably be a little ashamed of myself
- Yeah, I definitely was too.
- Because, I knew that I could've gotten protection
or something like that.
I'd probably do an abortion
because I don't think I would be ready for it.
- And I definitely understand that.
- But I if you chose to keep the baby after all,
I'd be like oh I'm her uncle.
But then, also Vanessa, I'd feel like, oh well
okay if that's what she wants.
- Yeah.
- Did Everly's dad have a say in abortion?
- He tried to have a say.
At first he said abortion and I said cannot do that.
And he just kind of had to accept it because
as unfair as it sounds she was in my body.
I'm pro-life for myself, like I would never get an abortion
but I still think that other people should have that choice.
- When you found out that you were pregnant
do you think that people at school would make fun of you?
- Yes, a lot of people did.
People can be horrible, especially online
because you get to hide behind a screen.
I actually got, I think it was a DM and it said
"You're disgusting, you're a whore,
"I hope you die during birth better yet your baby"
And I just balled my eyes out.
I mean we called the police, we were so mad.
- Did people feel bad for you being pregnant, at 14?
- Yes, well they also kind of feel like
I'm a bad person because of it.
- I don't think you're a bad person.
- Thank you.
- You just made a-- - Bad choice.
I agree with that
- Were you kind of scared for when the time was coming?
- Yes, I definitely was.
I got induced, so it was more control.
There wasn't just this spontaneous labor.
- What does child birth feel like?
- Well if you got an epidural, it feel like you're pooping.
I got an epidural.
Have y'all ever heard of that?
Is that when they like, give you stuff and it
(laughs) - I don't know.
- Vanessa's like (laughs)
- It numbs you from like-- - Waist down?
- Here down.
After a while I kind of felt like I needed to poop.
So they checked me, they're like "Oh she's crowning,
"it's time to push."
- So then you didn't need to poop.
- No, I mean, I don't know if I did.
Some people poop on the table but I didn't even ask.
- Wait, can the baby come out with the poop?
I'm just asking.
- Talbot, that's gross.
- I mean...
- Like can you poop and have a baby at the same time?
- Probably, it's probably happened.
How old do you think you're gonna be when you have a baby?
- 37.
- 37, that's a really specific, I like that.
Do you ever want to give birth?
Like obviously when you're older.
- No. - No? (laughs)
- How much time do you have to take away
of your normal day life to hang out with her?
- Out of 24 hours in a day,
he's with me for about 23, 22 of them.
- So do you think you were ever missing out on anything
that kids your age would be doing because of Everly?
- I obviously don't get to go to the dances or stuff.
But it's not really my scene.
- You have a best friend or someone you hang out with a lot?
Or does your baby take up all your time?
- I still have my friends and I consider them my friends
and I talk to them and stuff.
But I really don't get that much time to hang out with them.
And I obviously can't text and Snapchat all day.
I kind of think of it as, I have to choose
between a bad mom or a bad friend.
And I'm a bad friend.
(laughs)
Do y'all wanna meet Everly?
- [Both] Yes.
- Hi princess.
- She's so cute.
- Aww I love her little, are those pigtails?
- Yeah they're antennas.
- Awww.
- I love babies so much!
- Wait.
(laughs)
(baby coos)
- No.
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(baby squeals)
- [Camera Lady] Bye!