I was on Teen Mom after giving birth at 17 -people said I’d regret my decision to have a baby young, but they were wrong
A TEEN mum has hit back at trolls, who criticised her for having a baby at 17.
Chloe Patton, now 25, rose to prominence back in 2016 after appearing on Teen Mom UK, and has been featured in every season of the hit MTV show since.
She fell pregnant after a course of antibiotics caused her contraceptive pill to fail and in early season of the show, was often seen having fiery arguments with her now fiancé Jordan.
When she first appeared on the show, Chloe revealed that she was subjected to vile abuse from trolls.
She previously told Fabulous: “When I first started doing the show, the trolling was worse.
“Jordan and I would get into tiffs and people would be either on his side or my side.
“They’d say nasty things about either of us, or say ‘kids having kids’.
“I’ve had ‘kill yourself,’ ‘you should’ve got rid of Marley’. These are from accounts with no profile picture, no followers, they say the worst of the worst.”
Thankfully, Chloe revealed that as the years have gone buy, the trolling has stopped, and she now receives hardly any abuse.
Speaking to the Daily Star last year, she said: “In years to come we can look back on that and see how far we’ve come, it’s just really special.”
In a recent TikTok video, the young mum said: “Everyone when I announced I was pregnant at 17”.
She then lip-synced to Lucy Spraggan’s You’re Too Young, mouthing: “No remorse, for the course / Of a Magistrate’s court / If was everybody else’s fault of course / What you doin’ with your night? / You’re too young to ruin your life.”
Hitting back at trolls, she captioned the clip: “And now I have an eight year old”.
Chloe’s video, which was posted under the username @chloepatton_, has likely struck a chord with many people, as it has gone viral, racking up over 600,000 views on the video sharing platform.
TikTok users raced to the video’s comments section, with many young mum’s sharing similar experiences.
One person said: “I had mine at 14 and wouldn’t change it for the world.”
UK Teen Mum Statistics
Teen pregnancies in the UK have been decreasing considerably since 2007...
The under-18 conception rate has decreased considerably since 2007, reports Nuffield Trust.
Between 2007 and 2021, the under-18 conception rate in England and Wales decreased by 68%, from 42 per 1,000 women to 13 per 1,000 women.
This resulted in 13,131 under-18 conceptions in England and Wales in 2021.
A second person said: “I had my son at 16, the best thing I did was have him young.
“I love been a teen mum, without him I would be lost”.
A third person said: “I had my first at 17 and got the same response.
“He’s now 15 and absolutely amazing.”
A fourth added: “I got pregnant at 17 and my son is 13 this month.
“He’s my little bestie”.
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