how common is pregnancy doing Freshman year of college?

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it also depends on what sort of social circle your kids have. This is just not a norm for ambitious UMC youth. Not one of my kid's friends got pregnant in college. All were on birth control and aware of consequences of getting pregnant.

It is the norm, but the norm is also termination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it also depends on what sort of social circle your kids have. This is just not a norm for ambitious UMC youth. Not one of my kid's friends got pregnant in college. All were on birth control and aware of consequences of getting pregnant.

It is the norm, but the norm is also termination.

Yes, there are terminations, but no, it’s not the norm. Rates of unplanned pregnancies, abortions and unintended births differ across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Flatly put: poor women are less likely to use oral contraceptives than their MC/UMC peers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:how common is pregnancy doing Freshman year of college?
2 of my DD friends that went to a 4 year school will be having a baby by the end of the year... How common is it?

Only an idiot would send their daughter off to college without first putting her on the pill. I was explicit with all three that we were paying for am education not for them to get laid.

Are you aware that the pill does not prevent getting laid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess it also depends on what sort of social circle your kids have. This is just not a norm for ambitious UMC youth. Not one of my kid's friends got pregnant in college. All were on birth control and aware of consequences of getting pregnant.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it also depends on what sort of social circle your kids have. This is just not a norm for ambitious UMC youth. Not one of my kid's friends got pregnant in college. All were on birth control and aware of consequences of getting pregnant.

It is the norm, but the norm is also termination.

Yes, there are terminations, but no, it’s not the norm. Rates of unplanned pregnancies, abortions and unintended births differ across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Flatly put: poor women are less likely to use oral contraceptives than their MC/UMC peers.

Also, certain demographics sleep around sooner than others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it also depends on what sort of social circle your kids have. This is just not a norm for ambitious UMC youth. Not one of my kid's friends got pregnant in college. All were on birth control and aware of consequences of getting pregnant.

It is the norm, but the norm is also termination.

Yes, there are terminations, but no, it’s not the norm. Rates of unplanned pregnancies, abortions and unintended births differ across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Flatly put: poor women are less likely to use oral contraceptives than their MC/UMC peers.

Also, certain demographics sleep around sooner than others.

Yes, impoverished girls aren’t as protected by society and have shorter childhoods. Couple that with early puberty and being more likely to be sexually abused by someone they know. It is not quite the easy, carefree “sleeping around” you describe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it also depends on what sort of social circle your kids have. This is just not a norm for ambitious UMC youth. Not one of my kid's friends got pregnant in college. All were on birth control and aware of consequences of getting pregnant.

It is the norm, but the norm is also termination.

Yes, there are terminations, but no, it’s not the norm. Rates of unplanned pregnancies, abortions and unintended births differ across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Flatly put: poor women are less likely to use oral contraceptives than their MC/UMC peers.

Also, certain demographics sleep around sooner than others.

Yes, impoverished girls aren’t as protected by society and have shorter childhoods. Couple that with early puberty and being more likely to be sexually abused by someone they know. It is not quite the easy, carefree “sleeping around” you describe.

I’m not talking about abuse. So you think girls who undergo early puberty are more likely to be sexually abused? That’s messed up.

I’m talking about girls who are precocious and who choose to sleep around. Big difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:how common is pregnancy doing Freshman year of college?
2 of my DD friends that went to a 4 year school will be having a baby by the end of the year... How common is it?

Uncommon and rare in my DD's group of friends. I have not even heard of one case. Come to think of it, I have not even heard of one person in their HS or college having a baby or being pregnant! Who is your DD hanging out with? What SES, what race, what religion, what state?

You wouldn’t know about pregnancies that were terminated because why would you? Some girls don’t even tell their best friend, they just make an appointment and go.

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Anonymous wrote:how common is pregnancy doing Freshman year of college?
2 of my DD friends that went to a 4 year school will be having a baby by the end of the year... How common is it?

Uncommon and rare in my DD's group of friends. I have not even heard of one case. Come to think of it, I have not even heard of one person in their HS or college having a baby or being pregnant! Who is your DD hanging out with? What SES, what race, what religion, what state?

You likely only know a small sliver about what happens in your daughter’s school community and friend circle.

I don't think so. I would know a lot about my kids school community and friends circle.
My kids were in STEM magnet program tracks in ES, MS and HS. The academics was quite rigorous and kids were also focused on academics and ECs. Parents provided quite a bit of support to the kids and so there was a lot of supervision of the kids anyways. I am sure there were other problems that these kids faced, but pregnancy or STD were off the table.

In college, these kids were going to Honors college in STEM majors that required a significant amount of studying. Then with internships and research, there was not too much time to scuttle career prospects with getting pregnant. Most of these kids are able to make good decisions and if they had the time to sleep with someone, you can rest assured that they were too precocious to do something as stupid as get pregnant or make someone pregnant. Most would also take care to prevent STDs and not do anything that would impact their lives negatively.

None of what you listed has anything to do with college students having sex. Maybe the boys in the Honors program with them aren’t giving your daughter’s friends a second look? The girls have No time for grooming and exercise so the boys don’t consider them as girlfriend material? Or maybe they have blackout sex at parties. You don’t know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are basically first gen, low SES kids who are getting pregnant.

How ignorant are some of the posters here. So many are obsessed to appear super wealthy on a forum! Yet they show how little they know. How little they read.

Public universities have about an 18% rate of female students rate of getting pregnant. Private colleges have about a 16% rate of female students getting pregnant. Private colleges are slightly lower because of the religious private schools but not a significant rate.

I’m not sure you’re using “low SES kids” correctly. Low income college students do have more difficult times with pregnancy and with red states setting women back 50 years, they will be the most effected. They are the only ones getting pregnant. Girls from all walks of life get pregnant.

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very

so is abortion

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[Anonymous]

As a rile of thumb put them on birth control and buy them condoms and plan b pills so they won't end up needing abortion or becoming teen parents. After 21 and graduating college, its fine to have babies even if timing isn't optimal, they can make it work. That is if they want kids and family.

[Anonymous]

I was never “put on birth control” or given condoms or plan b before college and made it through just fine. I didn’t fall into the wild partying crowd and didn’t join a sorority. All my friends were similar. Very studious.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it also depends on what sort of social circle your kids have. This is just not a norm for ambitious UMC youth. Not one of my kid's friends got pregnant in college. All were on birth control and aware of consequences of getting pregnant.

It is the norm, but the norm is also termination.

Yes, there are terminations, but no, it’s not the norm. Rates of unplanned pregnancies, abortions and unintended births differ across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Flatly put: poor women are less likely to use oral contraceptives than their MC/UMC peers.

Also, certain demographics sleep around sooner than others.

Yes, impoverished girls aren’t as protected by society and have shorter childhoods. Couple that with early puberty and being more likely to be sexually abused by someone they know. It is not quite the easy, carefree “sleeping around” you describe.

I’m not talking about abuse. So you think girls who undergo early puberty are more likely to be sexually abused? That’s messed up.

I’m talking about girls who are precocious and who choose to sleep around. Big difference.

What are the demographic stats on those girls that you referenced earlier?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was never “put on birth control” or given condoms or plan b before college and made it through just fine. I didn’t fall into the wild partying crowd and didn’t join a sorority. All my friends were similar. Very studious.

Same here. We were given common sense but bad luck can play as a factor for sensible ones too so better to give all sort of armory.