Pregnant girls with mothers tutelary

When only 17 years old Jolainy Garcia learned she was pregnant, felt that the world is ended and his only companion was disorientation. He had a month and had no right to go to the doctor. Luckily, Altagracia Moon played his door and his life changed. Today his girl Julianny is born, she 18 five months and its plans include the to return to his high school studies, suspended following pregnancy.

Altagracia is one of the 20 women as part of the tutelage mothers programme established in 10 districts of the mine sector by the rising sun and foundations physicians for peace together with the hospital Materno Infantil San Lorenzo of the mine, whose task is to accompany girls pregnant at home and in the health center to ensure that they comply with all requirements of medical check-up and care for the newborn.

The program is established since 2005 and has made it possible to carry out 739 teenage pregnancy with u000aages between 14 to 19, of some 1,500 who have participated in it. However, some have retired or are changed in sector, and this result has been a reduction in the maternal and infant mortality in the hospital, where from January to November last year were offered 5,628 consultations of teenage pregnant.

"I thank God that Altagracia appeared, she is now as the grandmother of the girl," has Jolainy, who lives with his mother in the Puerto Rico of the mine sector. It has no contact with the father of the girl child, and his mother, overcome the shock of the news, has supported much.

Recognizes that leaving pregnant without having it planning cado and now being mother changed life, because otherwise it had already completed the bachillerado, but it suspended when he was the second. He says that once your child is a little larger resumed studies.

With Jolainy added 60 teenagers who have accompanied to u000aAltagracia, who resides in the same sector, one of the conditions requiring the program since he joined the same seven years ago. Currently, gives you follow-up to 12. It says that Jolainy is a teenager home, because very often it has to go out and search for the girls that came in the street, "grab to the newborn and are going to walk with him", said. Altagracia recalls that one of the most difficult cases that have followed is that of a teenager of 14 years who found collapsed, with many discomforts and disoriented, and that the most difficult to overcome are from pregnant girls result of a violation, because they dare not tell their mothers. He pointed out that once you start working with the teenager, it undergoes changes incredible.

Rejection rejection of the couple and alienation from parents and the family is the first thing facing adolescent girls when they learn that she is pregnant, u000aensures Ceidelina carpeting, who for three years working as supervisor of mothers the same trustee. Mean ere that the experience of the programme proves.

Girls are almost never with the couple or father of the creature, and often are adolescent girls in their homes with a high degree of sadness and surrounded by much rejection, because the parents give them back. Ensures that many require psychological support and the role of the mother guardianship is to give much encouragement and guidance.

"Usually leave pregnant women inside the House, without being married;" "almost always in the first months the teenager is the rejection of the family, but then integrates", says.

Understands the mother guardianship plays a fundamental role, avoids many abortions and teen takes a more healthy pregnancy, since often they forget the vaccine, vitamin, of the appointment, and the companion is aware of these u000athings.

Experience
Kissairis Rodriguez, was also a teen mother and seven years belongs to the mother guardianship program. He had his daughter at age 16, which already has eight, and his experience has allowed him to help other teens who today live that same condition.

During the seven years that has in the project has been tracking some 35 adolescents and says that although she was the mother in equal condition if was particular because it assumed with lot of maturity and responsibility.

Accurate had the support of his mother, although in principle not so of his father, who then accepted.

Said that she continued her studies in normal way, was the third in average and completed high school. After a time came to the University where he studied medicine.

Noted during the evaluation it would not be accepted into the program by its youth, but has shown that this is not a constraint.

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Purpose is reduce mortality
El doctor Ramón a. Lopez, director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the medical foundation for peace and President of the rising sun Foundation, explained that the program came up with the aim of reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality, and mothers trustee identified adolescent girls, visiting them the home, accompany them to the hospital for prenatal check-ups, they are outstanding appointments, vaccination, vitamins.

Focused them on food, create them awareness of the responsibility of being mothers. Make them a home visits once a week and accompany after birth them during the first year of the baby's life, leading to healthy child and guidelines consultation.

The requirements for being mothers tutelary are be mother, living in the neighborhood, be recommended by community leaders as sensitive people and they are then subjected to u000aa workout. Each has between 10 and 15 teenagers to their charge.

Ensures that after the program results are very positive, because the only cases of infant deaths that have been tabled in children that were born with disease congenital.

Are born with good weight at birth once they have their children, adolescent girls return to school in a high proportion and we have avoided many abortions.

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