Early teenage pregnancy (12 to 14 years) in Solidaridad, Q. Roo. México

Abstract

Introduction. As of 2019, adolescent girls aged 15-19 in low- and middle-income countries had approximately 21 million pregnancies each year, of which approximately 50% were unintended and resulted in 12 million births. Material and method. Retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study on the prevalence of pregnancies in adolescents between 10 and 14 years of age in the municipality of Solidaridad, Q. Roo México, during a five-year period (2018 to 2022) by reviewing the clinical records of all early adolescent pregnant women. Descriptive statistics of central tendency and dispersion were used for analysis. Results. During the study period, 14 cases of early pregnant adolescents (10 to 14 years old) were found out of a total of 629 pregnancies in early and late adolescents between 10 and 19 years old, distributed as follows: 2018=4; 2019=9, 2020=1. Discussion. Despite efforts to reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy, including preventing child marriage, keeping girls in education and improving access to contraception, adolescent girls continue to get pregnant and few developing countries adequately prioritize their care. An insight into adolescent pregnancy experiences will help identify whether context-specific services meet their needs, whether they require additional support, and how to optimize their pregnancy experience. Conclusions. We found only two factors as Maternal Risk Factors: 1) RF<17 years and 2) lack of birth control. As Fetal Risk Factors three cases at birth by cesarean section. Regarding the other maternal-fetal risk factors, they did not appear in the patients of this age group. It appears that early adolescent mothers can have low-risk pregnancies at this hospital from a biological but not a sociological point of view.