Pregnant Teens Podcast
Philippa Goymer follows Nicole, Megan and Robyn through their pregnancies in Middlesbrough, a town with the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the UK.
Follow Nicole, Megan and Robyn through their pregnancies in Middlesbrough, a town with the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the UK.
Getting pregnant at 16 isn’t the end of the world for everyone - for some it’s their ‘happy ever after’.
Presented and produced by Philippa Goymer.
Originally broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Tees.
Get in touch via #PregnantTeensPod or email us on pregnantteens@bbc.co.uk.
Episodes to download
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EP10 “Don’t be scared.â€
Fri 27 Dec 2019
The goodbye and good luck – final episode of series 1
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EP09 “I admire these girls. Whatever age you are you’re always vulnerableâ€
Fri 20 Dec 2019
Jemma had her first baby at 32 and married, how does her life compare to the girls?
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E08:“We bought the milk off the shopliftersâ€
Fri 13 Dec 2019
The podcast went on the move this week visiting Robyn and Megan at home
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“I started my degree when I was living in a women’s refuge with the kidsâ€
Fri 6 Dec 2019
Three generations of teen mums – Robyn, her Mum Shelly and Nana Avril
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“The cord fell off so we’ve kept thatâ€
Fri 29 Nov 2019
We hear Robyn’s birth story from sweeps to contractions to holding baby Skyla in her arms
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E05: "If they knew you hadn’t had sex they’d bully you for itâ€
Fri 22 Nov 2019
The girls meet Nadia from Middlesbrough who has her sights set on Durham University
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E04: “I found out I was pregnant in the Toby Carveryâ€
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Eden's 19 and has a two year old son she talks to the girls about being a young mum.
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E03: "Do you have a poo in labour?"
Fri 8 Nov 2019
Meet the midwife, Anita Scott answers the girls questions.
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E02: “I didn’t realise how expensive everything was. It’s £11 a tub for milkâ€
Fri 1 Nov 2019
The girls discuss how much babies cost and their old days of drinking cider in the park.
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E01: Meet Nicole, Megan and Robyn
Fri 25 Oct 2019
The girls spill the how, the who and the what now in the first episode of Pregnant Teens.
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Welcome to Pregnant Teens
Wed 16 Oct 2019
Follow three girls through pregnancy in a UK town with the highest rate of teen births.