I’m trolled for letting my daughter get pregnant at 14 – I’ll be a gran at 38, it was a shock but we’ll support them
A MUM has found herself trolled after her daughter announced her pregnancy aged 14.
Falen Vaughn, 38, is set to become a grandmother this year.
But it was teenager Bella’s news that led to Falen – who lives in Van Buren, Arizona – facing some backlash on social media.
“We were not expecting her to be pregnant, especially at 14,” she sighed.
“And we’ve got a lot of hate and backlash about being supportive.”
Meanwhile, the negative remarks Bella received has even led to her deleting her TikTok account – a decision she remains confident in.
“We’ve had a lot of backlash about it,” she said.
“I have got a lot of hate on TikTok for it, but I deleted it because I don’t really care.”
It was during a trip with her boyfriend’s family that Bella began feeling persistently sick, initially attributing it to her period.
But when her period didn’t arrive, and the symptoms continued, she decided to take a pregnancy test.
When she told her boyfriend the news, she said he thought it was a prank at first.
But when he realised it wasn’t, Bella said he was immediately supportive, and has been ever since.
His family were also shocked by the pregnancy news, but have since come around.
“Because of the circumstances that I got pregnant with, there’s been a lot of crazy rumours,” Bella admitted.
“Some of his family wasn’t very happy and then my family wasn’t.
“But now my boyfriend’s mum is super excited.
“He said he would be supportive, and he has been this entire time.”
Bella and Falen are both preparing for a baby shower coming up in the near future, and revealed she’s expecting a boy in March 2025.
Which areas of the UK have the highest rate of teen pregnancies?
- Middlesbrough (43.8)
- St Helens (37.1)
- Halton (34.9)
- Hartlepool (33.2)
- North East Lincolnshire (33.2)
- Blackpool (32.9)
- Hyndburn (32.8)
- Kingston upon Hull (32.7)
- Norwich (31.3)
- Salford (30.7)
Source: ONS
Bella’s 19-year-old sister is also pregnant and expecting to give birth in May.
Mum Falen said: “My 19-year-old daughter is due in May, they’re [her daughters are] pretty close anyway so I’m hoping that the babies will be close too.”
“So, on a better note, she will be having a baby shower in a couple of months.”