Why are all spanish girls pregnant by age 20?
442458
They are not and that is ignorant for you to post such a sexist remark.
375110
It's a 50/50 prediction, isn't it?  I know that girls are more likely to be strong and survive at birth, though.  But, maybe since they used to do all that "first son and heir" stuff, there are more sons born first? Who knows.
1170983
The reason why is because most families put a lot of effort into their first child/children. Eventually they get tired, and decide to spoil the baby of the family. My friend, who's younger sister (who happens to be around the age of graduating from college), has her parents still pay for her gas money!
1049225
Women over 35 MAY have more difficulty conceiving and bearing a child.\n\nTwo reasons for this:\n\n1) A woman has as many eggs are she will ever have at birth. As she ages, her eggs do too, and their quality does decline with age. This means a higher risk of miscarriage, certain birth defects (like Down's syndrome), and also, if the egg released at ovulation  is of poor quality, a lower likihood it will implant and grow if it is fertilized (making it harder to get pregnant).\n\n2) As women approach menopause, they may ovulate less frequently, meaning fewer chances per year of getting pregnant. Also, changes in the hormonal workings of their reproductive organs could result in a lower quality egg, as the egg must be "ripened" and matured in the ovary before being released each menstural cycle.\n\nAll said, fertility is a very individual thing. Age may decrease the ease or liklihood of a woman getting pregnant, but it depends a lot upon the individual woman (and man) involved.
525625
It's for HEALTH. GET OVER IT, PRINCESS. You need to get mature for once before you get pregnant.
378706
They hit their sexual peak (meaning higher sexual appetite)at their peak childbearing years. It's evolutionary.
822621
havent got a clue but i know that they are pregnant for 2 years.....no thanks
949354
your pregnant and 19?!?!!?!?!?!?
593961
I think you are confusing poverty with race. Poor people have more children. You probably have met people of Mexican heritage you did not even know were Hispanic. You also likely cannot tell the difference between a Puerto Rican and a Hondurian, so they all seem Mexican to you. \n\nThe poor in this country have always had the highest birth rates. This is a vicious cycle as having children is expensive and keeps them locked in poverty. The old welfarce system added incentive as it payed more and more with each child. The new system caps this and thus discourages larger families but it will be some time before we see the net effects of this. \n\nHispanic culture does however measure a man's Machismo with his ability to sire children. Birth control is a touchy subject with many imigrants of Hispanic origion. Some get the shot instead of the pill so that they can use birth control without knowledge/interfence from the boyfriend/husband. Many accept their role as mother of many children. Hispanic culture is not the only culture that has this value. Just one of the more blatent about it. Typically in the past once they are a generation in they tend to adopt a more Western attitude and raise smaller families as they climb the ladder in education and affluence. \n\nAs for teenage pregnacy no race has a monopoly on that. You see it with all races, religions, incomes. More often than not you see the children of the strictest households or loosest households providing the bulk of teen pregnancies. The strictest the teen girl gets in trouble out of fear. The looser ones out of ignorance. The result is the same. A child when a girl is far too young to raise one. both are preventable but the parents are either too strict or care too little about their children or both to prevent it.
24408
my babe is also older... but yes.. there was a reason... maybe not anymore..\n\nthe reason used to be stability... an older man usually meant more money, a house, furniture, a car... food for the baby... it's survival of the fitest... women have basically lacked a lot of basic rights since begining of time... we, here in our country "US"... only started allowing women to vote... there are still places where women cant drive or work... so, all a woman is left to do is marry and have babies... and lots of babies... so, to have lots of babies... a woman must start young... The sad part is... most men her age are just not equipped financially to care for her babies.... so, women are forced to marry older men socially...\n\nanyway... even with all our freedoms here... it still looked down upon when a woman dates a younger guy....sure...it's ok for a rich or famous woman to do so.. it's cool.... but you're average woman dating a younger guy.... ohhhhh... the things people say... a lot of it comes from women...how sad is that...\n\npeople are nasty...
8712
People can make and have babies once puberty sets in.\nIt happens at the age of ten, sometimes...!!\nOnce a persons genitals start to get larger and grow dark hair, the sex organs have begun to mature and if a couple manages to get the erect penis to ejaculate inside the vagina, there is the possibilty of pregnancy...that is how you get a child.
371052
One look on Yahoo Answers and you'll see the slime that parents are producing today. The number of 12,13,14 and 15 year old's on this site that say they are pregnant or want to get pregnant or are asking how better to give it up for their bF make me want to choke them and their parents to death. These little girls and boys think because they can *uck it and *uck it that makes them adults. NO insurance NO job NO father for their kids NO future NO Nothing. But they sure expect there child support and food stamps. And then the government lets the PUNK guy that knocked her up move into subsidized housing with her and GET HER PREGNANT AGAIN. WTF????
433153
Early menopause would be my first guess.  I've heard that this can happen to women as early as in their 20's.  But if your doctor's do not know...I do not really know.  Are you on the pill?  Is it too strong?  There can be many factors.  But if you are active, keep yourself protected, you still may get pregnant.
307388
Well I don't know specifics other than most teenage girls would already be married and starting to have children of their own. They got married really young back then. (Mary was supposedly 13 when she carried Jesus).
2878
By age 40, one out of every 50 pregnancies will result in a chromosomal abnormality.
221891
Go to a Doctor's office, I'm sure they give you some pamplets to read or a website to research.  Good luck to you!  It's a lot of health risk involved for women (and the baby) getting pregnant over the age of 35.
1035796
I will tell you the same thing I told the last girl.  I am sorry you find yourself in this position.  I wish I could get pregnant so easily.  Please give your baby a chance.  There are many people out there that would love and care for your baby if you cannot.  I would personally love to help out someone like you.