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When my baby was born, he was put into a plastic bag
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I was 15 years old. I thought I'd come on here to talk about the plastic bag
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that my son was put in when he was born. When I posted the photo of my son being in the plastic bag
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my comment section went crazy. Is that a bag of carrots? Why the hell would you get pregnant at 15
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You're going to ruin your life. When I found out I was pregnant at 15
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I told my mum through a text message and she didn't speak to me for two days
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Pilling your children Deciding to be teen parents in the future How would that make you feel
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Good up here Good boy I'm Lauren I have three beautiful children
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My family life is chaotic But I love it This is Blake
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How old are you? 13 Blake is funny Very sarcastic like me
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This is Amelia Amelia who is 7 Going on 17 Very very sassy
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the princess of the family being the only daughter. Mrs Rowan, how old are you? Two
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Rowan is a massive character, very funny and cheeky. Mrs Sean, is that daddy? Daddy
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Where's mummy? Mummy. I have three baby dads. Blake's dad I was with for four, nearly five years
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Amelia's dad I was with for seven years, and then I've been with Sean for almost four years
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You do it. Every morning we sort of prep the veggies for the pigs
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and then we get it all outside, get them in the run
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The kids are really good at taking on that responsibility of looking after them. One of the piggies are rescues, aren't they
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Thank you very much. When I met Shaun, he already knew I had children and it was never a question
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He loved me and he loved the kids from day dot. Bubbles, yeah
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He's a brilliant dad. Good in, then. Good shit. We're a blended family, but we are just a family
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It's like nothing's different. Num. Num. You've got to tuck it in there
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You can't eat it all. Say bye-bye. Bye. Good boy. Growing up I always wanted a family of my own And coming into a relationship where she already had two children that was like a bit of a kickstart for me And I adapted to them and I love them to bits Me and Sean having a baby together and obviously the other two see you as their dad
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but it was really nice to have that connection and having Rowan has completed our family
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But there's definitely a little room for them. Yeah. Dad seemed like a nervous laugh today
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Why did you want to get pregnant at such a young age? I've always wanted to be a young mum
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It's just all I've ever known. I got into a relationship with Blake's dad when I was 13
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and from then on I knew that I wanted to have a baby. I was physically trying to have a baby
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and then I got pregnant at 15. I would have been 16 when he would have been born
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but Blake was three months premature. Yeah, put the basket over there, darling
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So my pregnancy with Blake was a struggle. I only made it to around five months before my water was broke
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and then I had a scan, which they couldn't find his heartbeat
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so we had to have an emergency cesarean. He was 13 weeks premature
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They took him straight into intensive care. But when they did show us a photo, he was in a sandwich bag
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And being 15, I didn't really understand what that was about. All I knew was that they were doing what was best for him
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but now I know that was to help him regulate his temperature. Blake couldn't breathe on his own, he had chronic lung disease
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he had a lot of health conditions. I think if I'd had a natural, normal birth previous to that
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I think it would have been more scary. But because I was so young and it was my first birth
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I didn't know any different and we just carried on. Hello, everyone
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I just thought I'd come on here to talk about the plastic bag
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that my son was putting when he was born. I recently put up a TikTok and all of you went crazy over it
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So I thought we'd address some of the comments on that video. So I decided to post a photo of when Blake was born
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So I put it with that and where we are now to show the difference in how far Blake's come
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I also wanted to do that for Blake's sake to show him how strong and resilient he has
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been because he is a fighter But that photo of Blake being in the sandwich bag come with a very controversial mix of comments We have if your kid mates find out he was born in a Tesco bag
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he will not live a peaceful life. Like, this is crazy to me
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because how a child needs to survive at birth will never determine whether he is going to be buddied in school or not
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It's good to actually raise awareness. Not any of my friends have had premature babies
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so it's not talked about enough. There is one saying, is that a bag of carrots
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And we also have, why the hell would you get pregnant at 15? You're going to ruin your life
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Actually, it doesn't matter how old you are. You can still be a good parent and a good mum
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And I'm a brilliant mum and a brilliant person. So let's not be too quick to judge
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See you later. Being a mum at 15, I think a lot of people have an assumption
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of how you're going to be as a parent. You know, she hasn't got a job and she can't support the baby
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I've worked from a very young age. Mum would watch Rowan. I would go to work and then yeah I had my own house, paid my bills and I've worked really
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hard ever since to provide for the kids. Hello. Hello. Hi. My mum's a huge role model for me
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She always gave us the best life and my mum and dad both worked really hard
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Cat on. Yeah, a bit of cat on. There you go. Thanking you
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You're welcome. When I found out I was pregnant at 15 I told my family, my mum being the first one, through
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How did your mum react to that when she received the text? She didn't speak to me for two days. The silent treatment was strong
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So I've got the text from when I first told you I was pregnant. I think life's been such a whirlwind the past 13 years, we've never really discussed how mum actually felt about it at the time
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I am pregnant and there is nothing you can do about it. It's my choice, my body and I'm keeping it
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Wow. Yeah. And then there was radio silence. For two days. Yeah, that was a bit of a shock to the system
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It was a mix of emotions, because obviously you've got the worry about it being your child
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you've got the worry about how other people are going to deal with it, you've got the concerns about how we're going to deal with it as a whole
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It wasn a normal pregnancy and you weren having a normal life and you weren going through school normally So everything else you had to deal with on top of that So I don think you had time to think about how you would normally be But I mean we muddled through
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We did. So obviously I know you haven't agreed with a lot of my choices
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and obviously we've come, has said on some of my decisions. But do you think I've been a good man
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Yeah. You're there. And you care. I mean, and you do love them
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I do love that. You could have easily walked away. You could have easily got to the point where Blake thought
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I can't do this. But you didn't. You stayed. I wanted more
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You wanted more. It just goes to show that you're more than capable. Yeah
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I'm more than capable. Hi. I'm going to give a hug. I love you
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I love you too. Wow. Give to Blake. It's coming. The best thing about being a young mum is the fact
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that I've had way more years with my children than most people
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It's actually a wonder, isn't it? Do you have any regrets about having kids so young
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I don't have any regrets. It made me who I am today. I was on a rough path when I was younger
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so Blake changed my life and put me on the straight and narrow. She's a brilliant mum. Can't wait to take it further
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and potentially have another baby with her. Do you guys like some more brothers and sisters
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No. One more sister. The end goal is to have a cottage and have loads of animals
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That's the dream for us, to be able to enjoy that life together. And I want my children to do well and experience everything that they can with me
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and then take that into their own lives later on. If any of your children decide to be teen parents in the future, how would that make you feel
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I wouldn't mind. I want them to do well and I want them to be in education. But I know that with the right support, they can do well for those things
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and that's exactly what I've done. I will absolutely support them in whatever they choose to do in life
