History Main / TeenPregnancy

* In ''{{Batman}}'' supporting character Stephanie Brown, also known as the Spoiler, realized she was pregnant during the ''Cataclysm'' storyline, and was temporarily PutOnABus until the kid was born. She decided to GiveHimANormalLife and give the kid up for adoption, and even asked Robin not to tell her the gender of the kid so she wouldn't get attached.

** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/941378/NoDrogs NoDrogs]]' [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2689363/1/A_Small_Possibility A Small Possibility series]] is generally credited as the [[UrExample original]]/best version of this.
** ... how?
*** [[CatchPhrase She can do anything...]]
**** A lot of fics have Kim having Ron's children. I think you all know how that happens. Also the use of "best" or "Most Original" above is subjective/YMMV.

**** A lot of fics have Kim having Ron's children. I think you all know how that happens.

* More then one Kim Possible Fic have Kim having Shego's child/children before Prom.
** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/941378/NoDrogs NoDrogs]]' [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2689363/1/A_Small_Possibility A Small Possibility series]] is generally credited as the original/best version of this.

* More then one Kim Possible Fic have Kim having Shego's chiled before Prom.

* Jal in ''Skins'', although she aborts it.

* ''Someone Like You'' by Sarah Dessen.

More recently, abortions are occasionally a solution, although this is still rare, [[FridgeLogic and the typical fictional teenager generally tries to hide her pregnancy from her parents for as long as possible]], which ''never'' actually equates to "when she starts looking visibly pregnant". This may ultimately result in a PromBaby. When hiding it from others besides the parents see StigmaticPregnancyEuphemism. Even ''more'' recently, there's been a trend toward [[GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion keeping the baby, period]], although this is hardly exclusive to very recent works.

More recently, abortions are occasionally a solution, although this is still rare, [[FridgeLogic and the typical fictional teenager generally tries to hide her pregnancy from her parents for as long as possible]], which ''never'' actually equates to "when she starts looking visibly pregnant". This may ultimately result in a PromBaby. When hiding it from others besides the parents see StigmaticPregnancyEuphemism. Even ''more'' recently, there's been a trend toward keeping the baby, period, although this is hardly exclusive to very recent works.

This trope is NewerThanTheyThink: sure, it's OlderThanSteam, but it hasn't hardly been universal throughout human history. Once upon a time, adulthood was determined solely by physical maturity: a girl who had had her first period was considered a weddable adult, regardless of how many years she had alive thus far. Men were judged by slightly different standards; Native American boys were considered "men" after they made their first kill, for instance, because proving you could hunt was a sufficient economic standard of maturity. In other words, there was no such thing as "teen pregnancy" because there was no such thing as "teen"—either you were a child or an adult, no in-between.

...Okay, let's rephrase that, because obviously you could ''be'' a teenager back then (being between the ages of 11 and 20). But the thing about no-in-between stands. ''That'' phase of life—perhaps better described as "adolescence"—is when you have reached ''physical'' maturity but not ''economic'' maturity; when you could conceive a baby but would have trouble putting food on the table if you did.[[hottip:*:And let's not even ''start'' with the necessary emotional maturity, as it's not and has never been a prerequisite to conception. Sadly.]] The nearer you get to the present day, the longer this period of adolescence gets, due to increasing health standards (and thus quicker onset of puberty) on one side and increasingly complicated education standards on the other. Most places won't hire you full-time until you're 18; many want a college education, meaning you'll be 21 before you can draw a meaningful paycheck. Average age of first menstruation in American girls (according to TheOtherWiki)? 12.[[hottip:**:And if you really must know what the average age of first ''ejaculation'' in American ''boys'' is, well, nobody can tell you 'cuz nobody's studied this. Best guesstimates are between 11 and 15.]]

* Utilized in the 3rd ''FushigiYuugi'' OVA. Miaka (age 18) is married to Taka Tsukunami [[spoiler: Tamahome reincarnated]], and she is 3 months pregnant with her [[ChekovsGun first child]]. The baby is transferred out of her body and into that of a 16-year-old named Mayo Sakaki, who wants Taka all for herself. [[spoiler: It is the Shinzaho needed to summon Suzaku and save the Universe of the Four Gods. Furthermore, it was subconsciously given to Mayo by Miaka, not stolen by Mayo, even though it seems that way at first.]]

* Utilized in the 3rd ''FushigiYuugi''OVA. Miaka (age 18) is married to Taka Tsukunami [[spoiler: Tamahome reincarnated]], and she is 3 months pregnant with her [[ChekovsGun first child]]. The baby is transferred out of her body and into that of a 16-year-old named Mayo Sakaki, who wants Taka all for herself. [[spoiler: It is the Shinzaho needed to summon Suzaku and save the Universe of the Four Gods. Furthermore, it was subconsciously given to Mayo by Miaka, not stolen by Mayo, even though it seems that way at first.]]

* "Brenda's Got a Baby" by 2Pac