World Population Day is celebrated on July 11 every year. It’s estimated that four million girls between the ages of 15-19 give birth in India every year and pregnancies in that age are riddled with complications because the female body while capable of it isn’t ready for the rigours of childbirth. Here are some of the common issues that riddle adolescent mothers-to-be and their unborn babies: Hypertension: They have a higher risk of suffering from hypertension during pregnancy than women in their 20s and 30s. They’re also likelier to suffer from pre-eclampsia (What is preeclampsia?). In pregnant women (including teens)
