Too Young to be a mother
By vjenkins86
@vjenkins86 (1478)
United States
November 15, 2010 1:35pm CST
okay, this isn't my mother at all. In fact I heard about this incident through my cousin who works at a hospital.
One morning, a girl about 20 came in 10 weeks pregnant and she was spotting. The doctors were scared that it was going to be a miscarriage but they were able to save the baby and discharge the young mother.
Just as she was about the get discharged, her daughter (who is about a few months old) is brought in as well because she has been throwing up. The mother's sister actually brings the baby in. The mother goes to see the baby but then leaves 30 minutes later, after signing all the papers, and goes home. The baby stays in the hospital for about 2 more hours before being discharged herself.
I'm not sure about the entire incident, but my cousin was angry that the mother didn't stay with the baby. We began wondering if she was way too young to be a mother.
What do you think? Do you think she had a reason to leave or is there no excuse for leaving your infant at a hospital?
7 responses
@vjenkins86 (1478)
• United States
17 Nov 10
She should, because that was her baby, her responsibility. Not her sister's. What is she going to do when she gives birth to the other kid? Let her sister worry about that one too? I feel so sorry for the kids.
@vjenkins86 (1478)
• United States
17 Nov 10
that's what i'm thinking too. Too bad nobody tied up those tubes before she got pregnant twice.
@magrylouyu (1627)
• United States
27 Dec 10
There could have been many very good reasons for why she left her young infant in the hospital alone. Something could have came up with a family member and she had to go get them knowing her daughter was in good care with her sister, She may not have been feeling too well herself and really needed to lay down, It really could have been anything. I myself am a young mother. I had my oldest at 17 and is now just about to turn 7. I also have a 5 year old and a 18 month old and raising (for almost 5 years) my 7 1/2 year old step-son.
Some parents are just not ready to be young parents. I have seen parents in their 30's and 40's who are worse parents then any teen mom I have ever met. Some people are just ready long before others.
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
Many reasons why a mother can leave her infant baby in the hospital. And I don't think she is young enough for the responsibility because she is already in legal age to take care of her child. In my own point of view having that age is still not deserving to be a mother. But sometimes getting pregnant is not what everybody wants.
It sad to know that sometimes we labeled getting pregnant as accident because some situation like this were not really planned. I can very well understand how hard it is for mothers to be to handle the responsibility with out being prepared for it.
@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
3 Jan 11
I wouldn't jump to conclusions. As you stated the mother was in the hospital, because she was spotting and about to miscarry. The Dr. probably has strict orders for her to be on bedrest. Maybe she wanted to stay with her baby, but she also has her unborn child to think about. Better her sister to take care of the baby than to risk losing the life of her unborn child.
@buli23 (550)
• India
21 Jan 11
Some time we had to do many works beyond our desire. I do not know what was the actual reason of that. I became very glad to here that the doctors ultimately able to save the babies. Now a days we can see many women left their new born babies in any place. I think our mother i.e. Mothers Teresa was famous for the work of this type of babies.
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
17 Nov 10
Some teens get pregnant and become a great mom to their child. Others are not quite ready for motherhood yet. The 20 year old pregnant girl that was spotting didn't have a miscarriage. Maybe she was feeling unwell and that was why she left her young baby in the hospital alone. She might have had a valid reason for leaving.
One of my friends was pregnant with twins. At that time her daughter was 2 years old. She went on a vacation to Cornwall at Christmas time. Whilst in the holiday cottage she went into premature labor. The ambulance had trouble getting down the narrow country lanes. She had the birth in the nearest hospital. Her twins had to go into incubators in two different hospitals. She visited each one daily and still had a two year old daughter to care for. Those twins are now four years old. One is normal and the other has hydrocephalus.
