Becky and Davita

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0:00:04 > 0:00:07Trying to be a teenager and a mum at the same time is pretty hard

0:00:07 > 0:00:11because I'm mostly in the house with Kenzie until it's bed time.

0:00:11 > 0:00:15I would like her to bond better with Kenzie, I really would.

0:00:15 > 0:00:18Becky still hankers after this "I want my old life back."

0:00:28 > 0:00:31- Have you got a kiss for Nana? - No.- No.

0:00:31 > 0:00:35You're tight with your kisses, aren't you?

0:00:35 > 0:00:38'Sixteen-year-old Becky is mum to fourteen month old, Kenzie.'

0:00:38 > 0:00:42'I was fifteen-years-old when I got pregnant.'

0:00:42 > 0:00:45I always planned to have my first baby when I was twenty three

0:00:45 > 0:00:49and when I found out I was pregnant I thought, "Oh, no, my life's over."

0:00:49 > 0:00:52No, you're not getting my cup of tea.

0:00:52 > 0:00:56'Becky and Kenzie live in Fife with her mum, Trish and ten-year-old brother, George.'

0:00:56 > 0:01:01Your Nana's spoilt boy. 'There was rumours going around that Becky may be pregnant.'

0:01:01 > 0:01:04Of course, I questioned Becky when she came in from school

0:01:04 > 0:01:06and she denied it.

0:01:06 > 0:01:12'She was determined that she was gonna get it out of me by asking me, "Do you want to tell me anything?"'

0:01:12 > 0:01:15"Is there anything important to tell me?" and I was like, "No."

0:01:15 > 0:01:20Eventually, after about half an hour she admitted it and I flew into a rage.

0:01:20 > 0:01:25The argument got so bad with the shouting at each other that she called the police.

0:01:25 > 0:01:27She wanted me lifted.

0:01:27 > 0:01:30This was Kenzie's... Well, my first scan.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32You can see his ribs and his head.

0:01:32 > 0:01:35'Being a mum is, is good but it's stressful as well.'

0:01:35 > 0:01:38It stops you from doing a lot of things that you, you used to do.

0:01:38 > 0:01:43'My life used to be like, fun.' Picture of Kenzie.

0:01:43 > 0:01:48'I didn't think about condoms or nothing. I was just having fun.'

0:01:48 > 0:01:50I thought I won't get pregnant so what's the point.

0:01:50 > 0:01:55'Becky was with her boyfriend for a month when she fell pregnant.'

0:01:55 > 0:02:00'I met Kenzie's dad and then we kinda just got together, got drunk'

0:02:00 > 0:02:02and stuff that teenagers do.

0:02:02 > 0:02:07But then, couple of weeks later, I found out I was pregnant.

0:02:07 > 0:02:11'Throughout her pregnancy and after the birth, the couple were on and off.

0:02:11 > 0:02:17'But before they'd had a chance to work things out, Kenzie's dad was gone from their lives.'

0:02:17 > 0:02:23'I have never met and, unfortunately, will never meet Kenzie's dad.'

0:02:23 > 0:02:26Unfortunately, he died last year.

0:02:26 > 0:02:32'Kenzie was seven months old when his sixteen year old dad died suddenly in his sleep.'

0:02:32 > 0:02:35'Four days before he passed away, he got me on my knees'

0:02:35 > 0:02:39and he cuddled me and he says, "I love you and tell Kenzie I love him too

0:02:39 > 0:02:41"and give him a cuddle and a kiss from me."

0:02:41 > 0:02:45'And that was the last time I seen or heard from him.'

0:02:45 > 0:02:49There's Kenzie's dad's Facebook. I've put "There's your wee boy.

0:02:49 > 0:02:52"He's getting a lot like you now. He can say 'daddy' now."

0:02:52 > 0:02:55And then I said, "Why, why, why did you have to go?

0:02:55 > 0:03:00"It wasn't your time, not now, not ever, I miss you loads now."

0:03:00 > 0:03:05'He was my first sexual partner so I felt him as special'

0:03:05 > 0:03:10and he's still special.

0:03:10 > 0:03:17'Losing Kenzie's dad so soon after the birth has had an impact on her relationship with her son.'

0:03:17 > 0:03:24Becky's attitude towards Kenzie at one stage was "Don't want you any more because your dad's not here

0:03:24 > 0:03:26"and I'm stuck with a reminder of him."

0:03:26 > 0:03:30Kenzie, pack it in!

0:03:33 > 0:03:37'There are days and there seems to be more and more of them

0:03:37 > 0:03:40'that Becky could quite easily live without Kenzie.'

0:03:40 > 0:03:42Kenzie!

0:03:42 > 0:03:47I try to help Becky bond with Kenzie by trying to leave them alone but that can be quite hard as well

0:03:47 > 0:03:50because she finds it very difficult to cope with him.

0:03:57 > 0:04:01'Fifteen-year-old Davita is expecting a baby girl in just four weeks.'

0:04:01 > 0:04:07I was fourteen when I got pregnant. At first, when I started getting a bump, I was quite embarrassed

0:04:07 > 0:04:11cos people was just taking it that I was a slag and I'd slept round

0:04:11 > 0:04:17with loads of people but the baby's dad was the first person I slept with and I only slept with him once.

0:04:17 > 0:04:22That was my twenty-one week scan when I found out what I was having.

0:04:22 > 0:04:24When I found out I was having a girl, I was happy.

0:04:24 > 0:04:28'I'm calling her Kayla.'

0:04:28 > 0:04:31'Davita lives in Morecambe with mum, Jackqui and older brother.'

0:04:31 > 0:04:34'Finding out your fourteen-year-old daughter is pregnant...

0:04:34 > 0:04:38'It's a huge thing to cope with. It's a huge thing.'

0:04:38 > 0:04:42First two weeks, I think I just cried my way through the first two weeks,

0:04:42 > 0:04:46I felt heartbroken, I just looked at her and every time I looked at her,

0:04:46 > 0:04:48I thought, she's only fourteen.

0:04:48 > 0:04:54'In a way it felt a bit like grieving. I'd lost my little girl.

0:04:54 > 0:04:57'Even now I look at Davita and I think it's a child within a child.'

0:04:57 > 0:05:03'In this difficult time, Jackqui has turned to her local church for support.'

0:05:03 > 0:05:06Going to church is an important part of our lives.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08It has been through my children's upbringing.

0:05:08 > 0:05:11'Davita was baptised when she was twelve

0:05:11 > 0:05:14'and she too finds comfort in the church.'

0:05:14 > 0:05:17Church has been quite a big support at times.

0:05:17 > 0:05:22If you're going through a sad stage, if you go to church then you can talk to people about it

0:05:22 > 0:05:26and just like, get all your emotions out and you feel much better.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29'I did ask our minister to announce that Davita was pregnant

0:05:29 > 0:05:33'in church so that everybody knew what was happening.

0:05:33 > 0:05:36'I feel that God is not going to condemn anybody'

0:05:36 > 0:05:43because you've made this decision to keep this baby or not keep this baby

0:05:43 > 0:05:46or even to have sex when you're not married.

0:05:46 > 0:05:52'It doesn't mean it's OK but we all make mistakes

0:05:52 > 0:05:54'and we have to live with them in the best way that we can.'

0:05:54 > 0:05:59The whole sex before marriage thing, it's not really brought up much in our church.

0:05:59 > 0:06:01It's people's decisions if they want to.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04'People don't go against you if you decide not to.'

0:06:04 > 0:06:08This is Davita's favourite meal at the moment.

0:06:08 > 0:06:11Often tend to do whatever it is that Davita wants.

0:06:11 > 0:06:13She is a bit spoilt.

0:06:13 > 0:06:17Davita, did you want to come and take these plates in then, please?

0:06:17 > 0:06:20'Davita is now spending most of her time at home with her mum.'

0:06:20 > 0:06:24'I miss being at school, for the fact that I don't get to see my friends as much.

0:06:24 > 0:06:28'Some days during the week I go to the children's centre.'

0:06:28 > 0:06:31But if I'm not doing anything then I just sit and watch telly.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34'I spend most of my time with my mum at the moment.'

0:06:34 > 0:06:39- You scared then? - I'm not scared yet, no. I will be when my waters break.

0:06:39 > 0:06:42'As well as her mum, Davita sees one other friend regularly,

0:06:42 > 0:06:45fellow mum-to-be, seventeen-year-old Tara.

0:06:45 > 0:06:51I think I'm more excited but when it happens, I'll be like... Yeah, it's happening now.

0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Are you ever on your own? - I don't like to be now, do I?

0:06:55 > 0:07:01No, I'm never too far away so I can be available at any time really.

0:07:01 > 0:07:06With Davita, she likes to know that I'm somewhere nearby

0:07:06 > 0:07:10that she can get in touch with me and that I can be there ASAP.

0:07:10 > 0:07:13As long as she knows Mum's somewhere nearby, she's OK.

0:07:13 > 0:07:16The biggest part of my life is my mum.

0:07:16 > 0:07:20'Before I got pregnant, me and my mum were close but not as close as we are now.

0:07:20 > 0:07:25'We do everything together and I tell her absolutely everything.'

0:07:28 > 0:07:34'In Fife, sixteen-year-old Becky is having problems adapting to life with a fourteen month old child.'

0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Are you helping? - If you want me to.

0:07:37 > 0:07:41Come on then. His jammy's are through here.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44Without my mum, I probably wouldn't be able to survive

0:07:44 > 0:07:47as she helps me with everything.

0:07:47 > 0:07:49You taking your shirt off?

0:07:49 > 0:07:54'I prefer her to help me cos that way I don't get stressed and angry.'

0:07:54 > 0:07:57Where's Mum? Has she disappeared at the crucial point again?

0:07:57 > 0:07:59And gets Nana to do it.

0:07:59 > 0:08:04'I remember her coming through to my room one morning, throwing him on the bed saying, "You deal with him,

0:08:04 > 0:08:07'"I can't do this." He was less than two weeks old.'

0:08:07 > 0:08:10What are you wanting for your tea, George?

0:08:10 > 0:08:13'I feel like a mum to all three of them'

0:08:13 > 0:08:18because Becky's always saying, "Oh, Mum, will you do that with him and get him out of my hair."

0:08:18 > 0:08:22It's just like I'm separating siblings rather than a mother and her son.

0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Do you want to feed him? - He's your boy. You feed him.- I know.

0:08:26 > 0:08:30'She's just realising that he's here for the rest of her life and his life.'

0:08:30 > 0:08:36- You happy?- No.- What do you mean, "No"? Night, night, Kenzie.

0:08:36 > 0:08:39'I love this time of the night when Kenzie's in his bed.'

0:08:39 > 0:08:42It's my time of the night. I can't wait till it comes

0:08:42 > 0:08:45cos then we both get out rest and get peace and quiet from each other.

0:08:45 > 0:08:48'I can do what I want.' Night, Kenzie.

0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Mum.- Yeah, two minutes.

0:08:55 > 0:08:59'Becky goes to college one afternoon a week.

0:08:59 > 0:09:03'The rest of the time she is either at home or helping her mum at work.'

0:09:03 > 0:09:07I have a small cleaning business and Becky comes with me

0:09:07 > 0:09:10on days that are usually quite busy.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13Bye, Kenzie, two minutes.

0:09:13 > 0:09:15I go to work with my mum when I can be bothered

0:09:15 > 0:09:20but half the time, she drags me out my bed because she doesn't want me on the couch all day.

0:09:20 > 0:09:24'So that Becky doesn't feel too overwhelmed, Kenzie goes to a child minder five days a week,

0:09:24 > 0:09:29paid for with tax credits and topped up by Trisha.'

0:09:29 > 0:09:34'She gets paid for him if he's there or not so it's wasting the money if he's not down there.'

0:09:34 > 0:09:38- Would you like to have Kenzie during the day? - No, I like my peace and quiet.

0:09:38 > 0:09:42'During the week she doesn't really have Kenzie very much

0:09:42 > 0:09:46'because she can't handle Kenzie very well on her own.'

0:09:46 > 0:09:48Kenzie would do her head in by the end of the week.

0:09:50 > 0:09:54'Over the past year, Becky has suffered from depression on and off.

0:09:54 > 0:10:00'Mum, Trisha wants to make sure she doesn't go down that path again.'

0:10:00 > 0:10:04We have to get you sorted because once you're sorted,

0:10:04 > 0:10:06you might be a little bit happier about yourself.

0:10:06 > 0:10:10- You end up shouting at Kenzie and shouting at me and...- No, I don't.

0:10:10 > 0:10:14If you had something to look forward to and to focus on, you might be a lot happier.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16- No?- No.

0:10:16 > 0:10:21I'm not having you sitting on the settee doing absolutely nothing, all day, watching the telly.

0:10:21 > 0:10:25- You had big ideas when you were younger. - Aye, working in a pub in Spain.

0:10:25 > 0:10:28You wanted to run your own bar. That's quite an ambition.

0:10:28 > 0:10:32- If you can't... - I want to be a midwife. I want to see it from the other end.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34If you want to be a midwife, great.

0:10:34 > 0:10:38'Becky missed her GCSEs because of her pregnancy

0:10:38 > 0:10:41'and has to do a catch up class before she can move on.'

0:10:41 > 0:10:47I'm feeling stressed, sad, angry. It's really, really boring

0:10:47 > 0:10:50and it's like you've learnt that thing in high school

0:10:50 > 0:10:54and then you go up to the college and it's like, "I've already learnt that."

0:10:54 > 0:10:57And they're like, "Well, you have to learn it again."

0:10:57 > 0:10:59I want to get stuck in to midwifery.

0:10:59 > 0:11:03I want to be able to wake up in the morning and think, "Right, college today."

0:11:03 > 0:11:06I just want to see you happy.

0:11:11 > 0:11:15'Back in Morecambe, fifteen-year-old Davita is 37 weeks pregnant

0:11:15 > 0:11:17and going to see her midwife.

0:11:17 > 0:11:21Thank you. What are mums for, Davita?!

0:11:21 > 0:11:24'The father of Davita's baby is not around

0:11:24 > 0:11:28so mum, Jackqui goes with her to all her antenatal appointments.

0:11:28 > 0:11:33Just have a check. Ooo, that head is well fixed down. The baby is in the right position

0:11:33 > 0:11:36for you to go into labour. That's brilliant, good.

0:11:36 > 0:11:39'Me and the baby's dad don't talk at all any more.

0:11:39 > 0:11:43'I didn't really know him at all when we first got together.'

0:11:43 > 0:11:47It was just that I wanted a boyfriend and he liked me, so...!

0:11:47 > 0:11:49It can happen any time now, can't it?!

0:11:49 > 0:11:52Who are you going to have with you when you go into labour?

0:11:52 > 0:11:55- My mum.- OK.

0:11:55 > 0:11:59'It was upsetting knowing the baby's not going to have her dad around her.'

0:11:59 > 0:12:02and knowing that my first child isn't going to be a proper family.

0:12:04 > 0:12:09Put in fresh toilet rolls. They all seem to have been used up this week.

0:12:09 > 0:12:12'Davita has a Saturday cleaning job at the church

0:12:12 > 0:12:17'but is finding it hard now that she is so pregnant.'

0:12:17 > 0:12:20I've been having problems with walking and stuff.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23My mum does literally everything for me.

0:12:23 > 0:12:26I think I'm a bit of a soft mum at times.

0:12:26 > 0:12:30Because she is the youngest, there isn't anybody else to take my attention,

0:12:30 > 0:12:34so she gets all the attention at the moment mostly.

0:12:34 > 0:12:40'Sometimes things feel a bit much and you feel like everything bogs you down.'

0:12:40 > 0:12:44But then you've got to get up again and just get back in there.

0:12:44 > 0:12:48- So, what are we going to do next? - I'm knackered!

0:12:48 > 0:12:54'As well as doing Davita's job, Jackqui has two jobs of her own to make ends meet.'

0:12:54 > 0:12:57I'm a school travel assistant which I enjoy doing

0:12:57 > 0:13:01and then I also do paper deliveries. I just seem to have a very busy life

0:13:01 > 0:13:04and it won't be long before it's going to get busier again

0:13:04 > 0:13:08with baby around, so we'll just carry on, deal with things and get on with it.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17Dada, Dada!

0:13:17 > 0:13:19No, Dada's not here. Come here, come here.

0:13:19 > 0:13:26'In Scotland, 16-year-old mum Becky has been single since her baby's dad died eight months ago

0:13:26 > 0:13:30'and is finding Kenzie a constant reminder of her ex.'

0:13:30 > 0:13:36'Sometimes, he shouts "Dad" as he's walking up the stairs. He does it all the time.

0:13:36 > 0:13:40'He'll just randomly come up with "Dad!"'

0:13:40 > 0:13:44And it's like, "No, Kenzie, Dad's not here no more. He's singing with angels."

0:13:44 > 0:13:47And he just looks at me like I'm confused.

0:13:47 > 0:13:52- He's the Irn Bru man!- No, that's how you've got orange hair.

0:13:52 > 0:13:58'Today, Trisha's car has broken down so they can't go to work or college

0:13:58 > 0:14:02'and Kenzie can't go to the child minder so they're all stuck at home.'

0:14:02 > 0:14:06Becky, Kenzie's just going to stay here today.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08Oh, no he's not. Why is he staying here?

0:14:08 > 0:14:12'By nine o'clock, Becky wants to get out of the house.'

0:14:12 > 0:14:16- Can I walk George to school? - Yeah, you can walk George to school if you want.

0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Right, won't be long, bye!- Bye.

0:14:21 > 0:14:25I don't normally take George to school but I'm quite enjoying my day

0:14:25 > 0:14:28- because I need out the house. Right, bye.- Bye.

0:14:28 > 0:14:32I'm in the house all the time. It's boring. There's nothing to do in the house.

0:14:32 > 0:14:36'When I lost Kenzie's dad, I wouldn't go near Kenzie, pick him up, bath him,

0:14:36 > 0:14:42'I wouldn't do anything. I was mostly depressed'

0:14:42 > 0:14:46because I didn't have a dad figure for Kenzie.

0:14:46 > 0:14:52In. Get in, now!

0:14:52 > 0:14:57'I was scared that I'd be a single parent and I am a single parent.'

0:14:57 > 0:14:59I said, "No!"

0:14:59 > 0:15:04'I'd like to have somebody to love me as well as my son.

0:15:04 > 0:15:07'I want there to be three of us.'

0:15:07 > 0:15:11- My own little time with him was great.- You can do it more often then!

0:15:11 > 0:15:14I cannae because I'm always working.

0:15:18 > 0:15:20'I worry about them, constantly.'

0:15:20 > 0:15:23I worry about her attitude towards him sometimes.

0:15:23 > 0:15:27There's quite a lot of resentment there or what appears to be resentment.

0:15:27 > 0:15:30'She doesn't want to be burdened with him.

0:15:32 > 0:15:35'It's quite easy for her to walk away in the house.'

0:15:35 > 0:15:39I think it's going to be tea and bath and bed for you.

0:15:39 > 0:15:42Is that why mum went out?

0:15:42 > 0:15:47MUSIC: "Where Is The Love" by Black Eyed Peas

0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Oh my, God! Mum?- What? - Listen to this!

0:15:50 > 0:15:55'The next morning, things are looking up for Becky.'

0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Are you happy now?- Yeah! - That's all right then.

0:15:58 > 0:16:02'She's just got a text from a boy she met recently.'

0:16:02 > 0:16:07'Yeah, I'm going on a date. It's the first proper date since Kenzie's been born.'

0:16:07 > 0:16:12I'd love Kenzie to have... like, not a step-dad but a dad figure...

0:16:12 > 0:16:17Somebody to look up to and just feel like he's going to be there.

0:16:17 > 0:16:20I think we're going to be happy.

0:16:26 > 0:16:31'In Morecambe, fifteen-year-old Davita is about to become a mum.'

0:16:31 > 0:16:34Yeah, it's hot and it is really uncomfortable.

0:16:34 > 0:16:39'It hasn't been an easy start to her labour.'

0:16:39 > 0:16:44I've been here about eighteen hours. I'm only two days over my due date

0:16:44 > 0:16:48but because I've got high blood pressure and protein they've had to induce me.

0:16:48 > 0:16:54'In the absence of a boyfriend, Jackqui is the natural stand in.'

0:16:54 > 0:16:57It is a bit strange because I'm her mother, I'm baby's grandma,

0:16:57 > 0:17:01I'm also her partner. I'm a bit of everything really!

0:17:01 > 0:17:05But it's lovely to be going through all this with her. To be able to be there for her.

0:17:05 > 0:17:10Right, do we want to close this curtain off then?

0:17:10 > 0:17:13'The birth isn't moving along as quickly as the doctors would like

0:17:13 > 0:17:17'so she is given a second induction pill internally.'

0:17:17 > 0:17:19- NURSE:- I just need you to relax your bottom down.

0:17:19 > 0:17:23- NURSE:- It's important to relax It makes it easier and gets it over with.

0:17:23 > 0:17:26- NURSE:- Big, deep breaths. Keep breathing, like that.

0:17:26 > 0:17:29- NURSE:- ..behind the baby's head.

0:17:29 > 0:17:31- NURSE:- It's done.

0:17:36 > 0:17:40'Davita has been at the hospital for twenty seven hours

0:17:40 > 0:17:45'and finally, her contractions have started.'

0:17:45 > 0:17:48It hurts a lot and I'm tired.

0:17:50 > 0:17:54'She's having strong contractions and very close together.'

0:17:54 > 0:17:57So they're going to break her waters which is going to

0:17:57 > 0:18:01be a big thing for her but it means we're getting in the final stages

0:18:01 > 0:18:07and she'll soon have her own little baby and this will all be over, won't it?

0:18:07 > 0:18:09I'm feeling very emotional at the moment

0:18:09 > 0:18:13and I'm feeling very proud of her.

0:18:15 > 0:18:18She's fantastic. Aren't you?

0:18:28 > 0:18:31- NURSE:- 'We're going to start to push now. She's wanting to push.'

0:18:31 > 0:18:34So we'll soon have a baby for you to see!

0:18:38 > 0:18:43BABY WAILS

0:18:43 > 0:18:45Seven pounds twelve.

0:18:45 > 0:18:51'An hour after her contractions start, she gives birth to a healthy little girl.

0:18:54 > 0:19:01This is Kayla-Marie and she arrived at four minutes past eleven.

0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Have you got the monitor on?- No.

0:19:11 > 0:19:16'In Scotland, a month has gone by and Becky is still single after her date fell through.'

0:19:16 > 0:19:20- So, what are you up to tonight then, Mrs? Are you going out anywhere?- No.

0:19:20 > 0:19:25Mum, Trisha is trying to lift Becky's spirits and help her bond with Kenzie

0:19:25 > 0:19:30but at the moment she's refusing to take him out of the house on her own.

0:19:30 > 0:19:33It must be boring for Kenzie being here every weekend.

0:19:33 > 0:19:37You know, it's the same boring routine for him as well as for you.

0:19:37 > 0:19:42- There's nothing to do. - You've got that Playzone card, it gives you somewhere to go.

0:19:42 > 0:19:46Other than that, head towards the beach for the day.

0:19:46 > 0:19:50The beach is full of stones and litter.

0:19:50 > 0:19:53- What about further along? - Big rocks.- Is it?

0:19:53 > 0:19:57- You don't fancy the mother and baby group up at the church?- No way.

0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Do you know anyone that's been?- That other lass that goes to college.

0:20:00 > 0:20:04She went and she said that they're all in their thirties.

0:20:04 > 0:20:07- Do they not talk to her?- No.

0:20:07 > 0:20:13'Becky's always had an excuse for things and they weren't reasonable excuses.'

0:20:13 > 0:20:18I just want her to go and do things with Kenzie and be a mum.

0:20:18 > 0:20:24I think it's mainly confidence issues with Becky. She's hit rock bottom.

0:20:29 > 0:20:32You want to go to the park or something for a wee while with him?

0:20:32 > 0:20:35'The next day Becky and mum are back from work.

0:20:35 > 0:20:38'Trisha persuades Becky to get out of the house with Kenzie.'

0:20:38 > 0:20:40I'm going to have to go out, aren't I?

0:20:42 > 0:20:48Kenzie, are we going down there to throw some stones at the water?

0:20:48 > 0:20:52BABY CRIES

0:20:54 > 0:20:57'I don't mind taking Kenzie out on my own,

0:20:57 > 0:21:00'I just prefer company because it's just pushing a pram.

0:21:00 > 0:21:04'Kenzie doesn't talk much and if he has a feed before he goes out,

0:21:04 > 0:21:08'he'll sleep in his pram and it's like I'm talking to myself.'

0:21:13 > 0:21:16Mum, are you bringing him up? Mum?!

0:21:16 > 0:21:18I'll just come down myself!

0:21:18 > 0:21:22'After a stressful twenty minutes, Becky and Kenzie are back at home.'

0:21:22 > 0:21:25- Give me that.- Do you need a hand?

0:21:25 > 0:21:27BABY CRIES

0:21:27 > 0:21:31- No, Kenzie!- Are you all right?- Yes.

0:21:31 > 0:21:35- What's wrong? - Well, I'm kind of tired myself, Mum.

0:21:35 > 0:21:39Yeah, well, everybody is, Becky! It's what it's like being a mum.

0:21:39 > 0:21:44- It's not that. He should have been in his bed ages ago! - Well, it won't do him any harm.

0:21:45 > 0:21:48'It should have been an enjoyable evening and it was nothing like that.

0:21:48 > 0:21:51'She just came back in a bad mood, slapping and banging around,

0:21:51 > 0:21:55'getting Kenzie away and out of her sight as quickly as possible.'

0:21:55 > 0:21:58Can I go and have a fag?

0:21:58 > 0:22:02'I feel like I need a break from everything.'

0:22:02 > 0:22:05The house and my family and Kenzie.

0:22:05 > 0:22:10Night, night, wee man.

0:22:10 > 0:22:15- Are you just grumpy because you're tired.- No, I'm bored. - But you were out?

0:22:15 > 0:22:18Aye, I know but what am I meant to do for the rest of the night?

0:22:18 > 0:22:21- There's nothing stopping you going out.- With who?

0:22:21 > 0:22:25- All my pals don't want to know me no more!- And why don't they want to know you?

0:22:25 > 0:22:30- Cos I've got a bairn. - You knew that people would walk away but they're not your true friends.

0:22:30 > 0:22:32Aye, well, they've all walked away so...

0:22:32 > 0:22:38You feel that you've been abandoned because you've had Kenzie but it's not his fault.

0:22:38 > 0:22:45It's the same with guys though. Every time I meet a new guy I have to tell them that I've got a bairn.

0:22:45 > 0:22:49- You don't have to tell them.- They're going to find out, aren't they?!

0:22:49 > 0:22:51"Why have you got a cot in your bedroom?"

0:22:51 > 0:22:56"Why have you got a bairn in your bedroom?" "Oh, that's mine." There's nothing I can do.

0:22:56 > 0:23:01I'm not going to keep on at you, Becky because I can see you're tired and you're upset about something.

0:23:01 > 0:23:03I'm not upset about anything.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17'Davita's baby, Kayla is now eight weeks old

0:23:17 > 0:23:21'and the fifteen-year-old mum is settling in to her new life.

0:23:23 > 0:23:27'She's feeling confident enough to be out and about with her baby

0:23:27 > 0:23:30'and is meeting up with fellow teen mums, Tara and Maureen.'

0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Look at his hair now! - I know! He's got loads.

0:23:35 > 0:23:39We were together just about all the time during pregnancy.

0:23:39 > 0:23:42If I wasn't actually there, I was somewhere very nearby.

0:23:42 > 0:23:45'It just felt like she was totally dependent on me

0:23:45 > 0:23:48'and as much as I love her it was putting a lot of strain on me.'

0:23:48 > 0:23:54- How do you explain labour? - I describe it as a bowling ball coming out your bum!

0:23:54 > 0:24:00'The relationship with my mum is still close but I like to do my own thing'

0:24:00 > 0:24:02and I feel a lot more independent now.

0:24:02 > 0:24:06Having a baby is a lot harder than I thought it would be,

0:24:06 > 0:24:12I find it hard breastfeeding because I can't ask someone else to feed her if I'm really tired.

0:24:12 > 0:24:15- It is nice having a bond with her though.- Yeah.

0:24:15 > 0:24:19'Her attitude towards everything is a lot more grown-up.

0:24:19 > 0:24:21'She is much more confident now.'

0:24:21 > 0:24:24The next stage is for her to get back to school.

0:24:24 > 0:24:27She really wants to be able to do her GCSE's.

0:24:27 > 0:24:31She wants to be able to do as best as she can. She's just fantastic.

0:24:31 > 0:24:35- But you have to think of things from a different view, don't you?- Yeah.

0:24:35 > 0:24:37'I do believe that God is there. That he does help guide us'

0:24:37 > 0:24:40through things, to give us the strength to cope with things

0:24:40 > 0:24:43and sometimes, you need strength to get through life.

0:24:43 > 0:24:47'I think I have been given a lot of strength to cope with everything.'

0:24:47 > 0:24:51'Now she's here, I wouldn't change her for the world.'

0:24:51 > 0:24:55But if I could have gone back and waited a couple of years, I would of because it's hard.

0:24:55 > 0:25:00'You don't actually understand how hard it is until they're here.'

0:25:00 > 0:25:04I am so proud of them, it makes me feel quite emotional.

0:25:04 > 0:25:08'I just think she's been amazing throughout everything.'

0:25:15 > 0:25:18'Up in Scotland, there have been some big changes for Becky.'

0:25:18 > 0:25:22Hey, Kenzie, are you going to the shop?

0:25:22 > 0:25:25'Four weeks ago, she met seventeen-year-old Sean on the internet

0:25:25 > 0:25:28'and he's already moved in.'

0:25:28 > 0:25:32We were only mates but we've decided just to take it a little bit further.

0:25:32 > 0:25:37'Sean's living here because he got kicked out and he needed a place to stay.

0:25:37 > 0:25:40'It's been about three weeks now.

0:25:40 > 0:25:42'The first time I saw him I thought he was the one.'

0:25:42 > 0:25:46And then, weeks later, he was mine. I was like, "Is this a dream?"

0:25:46 > 0:25:50- Cheers, Becky.- Cheers.

0:25:50 > 0:25:54'Becky seems happier now that she's got someone in her life. A boyfriend.'

0:25:54 > 0:25:56Aw, you're disgusting!

0:25:56 > 0:25:59He keeps her spirits up when she goes a wee bit down.

0:26:00 > 0:26:07'Becky has recently knuckled down at college and is even making concrete plans for her future.'

0:26:07 > 0:26:10Trisha has recently got onto the midwifery course at college.

0:26:10 > 0:26:17It's only for an extra day per week but gradually will build up and kick off her nursing career.

0:26:22 > 0:26:30'Becky's career plans and new love life have had a knock-on effect to her and Kenzie's relationship.'

0:26:38 > 0:26:42Sean likes Kenzie and it's like two things together and it's just great fun.

0:26:42 > 0:26:46'She has been out more with Kenzie.'

0:26:46 > 0:26:51Sean likes to be out and about and he's often said, "Come on, Becky, let's go."

0:26:51 > 0:26:56And they have. And they maybe haven't been out for very long but it's a start.

0:26:57 > 0:27:00'Before my mum used to help me a lot with Kenzie.'

0:27:00 > 0:27:05Now it's like she make his tea and I put him in the bath and feed him

0:27:05 > 0:27:08and put him to bed. I do all of that now.

0:27:08 > 0:27:11'I still get worried about Becky and Kenzie.'

0:27:11 > 0:27:14But I can see they're getting stronger together as a mum and a son.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19'Me and Kenzie have got our own love together.

0:27:19 > 0:27:24'It feels great cos if you didnae have a boyfriend you go to sleep'

0:27:24 > 0:27:29thinking that there is somebody loves you and you love them back.

0:27:29 > 0:27:35'I used to cry myself to sleep, but now that I've got Sean in the bed with me'

0:27:35 > 0:27:39and Kenzie's at the bottom of the room, I go to sleep happy.

0:27:39 > 0:27:47And I dream about happy things instead of sad, scary things now. I just feel happy.

0:27:49 > 0:27:53Pink baby Adidas trainers.

0:27:53 > 0:27:56'Next time, we meet Abbey from Hampshire.

0:27:56 > 0:28:01It does me sound like I was shagging about but I wasn't. I was just trying to get back at this boy.

0:28:01 > 0:28:07Abbey wasn't sure who the father of the baby was. It's any mother's nightmare.

0:28:09 > 0:28:12I can't cope. I can't physically cope, Mum!

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