Teenage Pregnancy Problems and Challenges. Teenage Pregnancy Problems and Challenges Teens too often have poor eating habits, neglect to take a daily multivitamin, and may smoke, drink alcohol and take drugs, increasing the risk that their babies will be born with health problems.
Pregnant teens are least likely of all maternal age groups to get early and regular prenatal care.
AIDS which is fatal to the mother and can infect the baby. A baby born to a teenage mother is more at risk than a baby born to an older mother. Life is often difficult for a teenage mother and her child.