Getting pregnant as a teen comes with physical and emotional challenges that some kids are not ready to face. Taking the right steps during pregnancy to ensure proper care for a baby and continuing on with those ch oices after the baby is born, may require a teen to ask for help beyond themselves.

The rate of teen pregnancy increased in 2006 for the first time in 10 years, up 3 percent, according to a January 26, 2010 report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research and public education firm.

Teenage pregnancy is a serious social problem. According to the March of Dimes, about three in 10 teenage girls become pregnant before the age of 20. While many of these pregnancies end in abortion or adoption, teen girls who do decide to keep their babies face many challenges.