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A newly-released study that teenage mothers are 'more likely to give prematurely'. The report from University College Cork, Ireland, says pregnant girls between the ages of 14 and 17 are at a much risk of giving birth to premature babies. They said this was particularly so if it was a second pregnancy. The researchers found that a of all teenage mothers became pregnant again before they 20. Head researcher Ali Khashan looked at the pregnancies of over 56,000 women in the of England over a three-year . There were 3,636 women aged between 14 and 17 at the time of birth, and 7,506 between 18 and 19. They teenage mothers were more to be underweight and come from a white background.

The researchers published their in the journal ‘BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth’. They for better sex education at school and the promotion and use of contraception after a teen has given birth for the first time. The researchers said the of teenage pregnancy were related to the mothers’ social background. They that around thirty per cent of the teenage mothers came from areas. Mr Khashan also suggested the body of young teens may not be ready for childbirth: “It is possible that the increased of poor pregnancy outcome is to biological immaturity,” he said. He also noted teenage girls did not get medical advice after pregnant and that health service workers generally on them less when they had a second child.