the risks of pregnancy before 20...

The statistics point to a series of problems and medical complications that occur more frequently in mothers under 20 years of age. Increase the chances that you have:
A premature birth
A baby with low birth weight
Anemia


Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Preeclampsia, due to hypertension
Sexually transmitted diseases

These risks are real and grow the younger you are: they tend to be more common if you are under 16 and appear less frequently after age 17. But that does not mean that they will necessarily affect you. The truth is that they have more to do with the lack of medical attention or starting late to attend the prenatal appointments, and with certain harmful habits (smoking and using dangerous substances), than with your age itself.
Depression or anxiety
Gestational diabetes
Problems associated with smoking during pregnancy



According to Dr. Ángela Díaz, professor of pediatrics and adolescent medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, if more than 3 years have passed since you had your first period or period, you are already well developed and the risks begin to have less to do with your lack of physical development, and more with your behavior. "In general, young people do not take good care of themselves, they do not eat nutritious meals, they do not sleep well ... they are young!" Recalls Dr. Díaz, who also points out that the longer they have spent in this country, the less healthy they are. Young Latinos, because they tend to adopt less healthy customs than those of their country of origin, such as eating more junk food or starting to smoke.