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• 2-Foot 9-Inch Woman Survives Pregnancy

  And you thought YOU had run out of room in your ribcage during pregnancy. Christianne Ray survived pregnancy and childbirth despite having a very rare kind of dwarfism, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, which left her at only 2 feet 9 inches tall.   She got pregnant at 19 and panicked, because she and her boyfriend were young. And also because she didn't know whether physically she'd be able to carry a healthy child -- and survive. The first OB/Gyn she saw recommended abortion.   Read More... Posted Feb 08 2008, 09:22 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: ABC, teen pregnancy, little mommies, high-risk pregnancy, teenager, teen sex, teenage motherhood, little people, dwarfism

• Pregcellent: Looking Beyond Jamie-Lynn To Talk Teen Pregnancy

  I've delighted in talking Jamie-Lynn, Juno and even a little For Keeps in a Holly-goss sort of way like any other savvy, (ahem) oh-so-hip parent these last few weeks. But now, the conversation about teenagers having babies needs to open up a bit. And I think it needs to expand beyond the finger-wagging abstainance talks, the head-shaking birth control questions and the so-sad, so-sad what-can-I-possibly-do discussions that go no further. Read More... Posted Dec 26 2007, 03:57 PM by Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, teen pregnancy, pregcellent, teenage motherhood, new moms inc, jamie-lynn, young mothers