A 10-year-old pregnant woman gave birth and a lesson that parents need to teach their children before it's too late

According to Vietnamnet, this information was shared by Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Private Maternity Hospital at the Vietnam-France Obstetrics and Gynecology conference in 2019 on 2/14/5 in Hanoi.

Huong said, "In the two years 2017-2018, the BV received 227 cases of giving birth at adolescent age (10-18 years old), of which 178 cases were married; 18 years old make up the majority (83.5%), the number of pregnant women from 14-16 years old is 34, of which 4 are 10-13 years old.

Of the number of adolescents who give birth at the hospital, there are nearly 13% of abnormal pregnancies. The average number of preterm, low birth weight babies is about 37%, nearly 30% of children weighing less than 2kg, many children weighing less than 500g and 18% of newborns die. "

In addition, because the mother's body is not fully developed and has no sense of care during pregnancy, the rate of stillbirths, premature births, children born with a large rate of malformations, spectrum The most variable are heart defects, brain abnormalities, multiple malformations .

Whether the cause of pregnancy is due to premature sex or rape, rape, these numbers are really alarming.

Pregnancy and childbirth at a very young age will bring countless consequences to the fetus and to the mothers themselves, notably complications of miscarriage, premature birth, pregnancy poisoning, increased risk maternal death .

5 things experts recommend to teach children before it's too late

- Don't wait until your 10-year-old child talks about sex. You should have talked to your child since he or she began to have a body awareness, letting them know how to prevent unwanted pregnancy.

- Teach children to call the names of private parts on their bodies, avoid calling camps or using vulgar words. Depending on the age when children grow up, it is possible to explain to the child better understand the role and function of each private part in life later.

- Need to show the child what are the normal signs of gender issues such as appearance of pubic hair, armpit hair, menstrual phenomenon, "wet dream" .

- Teach children how to protect private areas as well as how to take care of them regularly.

- Tell your child to understand in the relationship with the opposite sex: What can be done, what is not allowed to do at this age, what laws strictly prohibit .