Teen pregnancy, without the angst

[Rover_Wow]

And the teen's dad isn't upset about it either!


Teen finds she's pregnant at 11th hour

A New Mexico high school basketball star who had an upset stomach on the way home from a game found to her surprise that she was about to give birth.

"I was shocked," Kayla Alire told the Santa Fe New Mexican. "I was just so amazed."

A few hours after she realized she was pregnant, Alire had given birth to a 6 pound, 4 ounce boy she named Isaiah.

Alire said she might have gained a little weight during her pregnancy but not enough that she noticed. She continued to wear the same size clothes and had no morning sickness or strange cravings for ice cream and pickles.

The 18-year-old thinks that exercising may have helped her avoid the symptoms of pregnancy. She is on the track team as well as the basketball team at Mesa Vista High in Ojo Caliente.

And pregnancy did not slow her down. She managed two 3-point shots a few hours before Isaiah's birth.

Alire plans to stay in school until graduation and to run track. Next year she hopes to be in college.

Her boyfriend never suspected her pregnancy either, but Alire said he was happy once he was convinced he had become a father.

[havokpryde]

I mean I understand if you way overweight and don't know your pregnant, but I am getting the impression she wasn't. Well I wish her the best of luck, cause she'll need it, (when her boyfriend leaves her).

[Humble]

Well I wish her the best of luck, cause she'll need it, (when her boyfriend leaves her).Ouch. I didn't expect cynicism to take root in the thread immediately.:ack:

Anyways, sounds like Kayla has a sweet deal. She gets the baby and the boyfriend.

-Humble

[peacebyanymeans]

What the..? That's like not knowing you're about to crap your pants.

[Jeff Harris]

It happens. Back in '79, my aunt, who was rail thin, thought that her appendix was bursting so, my grandma took her to the hospital. She kept on complaining about stomach problems all that day. By the middle of the night, my aunt gave birth to my younger cousin. I wasn't even a year old (I would turn one 17 days later).

[The Guitar Slayer]

Though it sounds astounding, it's possible. Some women don't get symptoms other than a tummy and a long streak of missed periods. Even then, some women either a) bleed intermittently during the pregnancy or b) are so muscular that they have less than 13-15% body fat -- that means no period anyway, and in the name of the sport, they accept it as normal. The lack of a period happens in athletes and very thin people as well as obese women; too much body fat has the same effect on the menstrual cycle as being too thin.

I was just at the doctor's office the other day, and a woman came in, looking like the baby's babysitter, and turned out to be her mom. She said she didn't show until two weeks before. I hope I look that good if the blessed event occurs.

[Weatherman]

MMmmmhmmmm, yeah, she didn't notice. Why does that sound more like denial?:yawn:

[havokpryde]

Ouch. I didn't expect cynicism to take root in the thread immediately.:ack:

Anyways, sounds like Kayla has a sweet deal. She gets the baby and the boyfriend.

-Humble
No offense but I am in the South. Its not cynicism, its a fact of life. I have seen it too many times. And realize this, one of them she'll most likely have for a very long, and one might leave her regardless. One of the things might impeed her from getting something essential, an education.

[The_NewCatwoman]

The thing I'm most concerned about right now is a complete lack of prenatal care. I wonder what kind of effect this could have on the child.

tNC

[G. Wen]

Those kids are happy, for now. When they realize how difficult it is to raise a child, they'll crack, cry, moan, etc. Eventually, yes, he'll leave her, when he can't handle the responsibilities anymore.

[Ben]

Nice to know everyone here has just great faith in humanity. Y'know, sometimes there are people who successfully confront the challenges that life throws at them. How about a little encouragement instead of all this gloom and doom? Head-shaking tsk-tsks don't help.

[G. Wen]

I'm only cynical towards the kids because they show no acknowledgement of the challenges of parenting. They'll change their tone when baby cries 19845789584395th time during the night, or when they have to stay home w/ baby instead of partying with their friends.

[Prism]

Every firsttime parent regardless of their age tends to get in over their head with a newborn baby. And it's not a given that he'll leave her either. It boils down to how mature and responsible they and the support their families give. Hey, I'm from the South too and the divorce rate among people in their 30's40's and 50's is huge. Anyway, it's up to them on how the kid'll be raised not us.

[I.R Joey]

Wow, I didn't know it was possible to go through a whole pregnancy without knowing it. That just seems sureal.

Good luck to the parents though.