CATCH UP ON SEASON 2 OF MTV'S "16 AND PREGNANT"

The second season of the popular MTV docu-series "16 and Pregnant" gave viewers an inside look at the controversial and thought-provoking topic of teen pregnancy. It was a season full of complications -- in life and in labor. We saw premature deliveries, immature relationships, and enough tension to last a lifetime. Each of this season's stories offered a unique look into the wide variety of challenges pregnant teens face, dealing with issues like birth control, adoption, single-parenting, marriage, finances, high school graduation and employment.

If you missed one second of this season, now's the time to get caught up. Watch entire episodes of "16 and Pregnant" at MTV.com and check out our episode discussion guides below for more information and stuff to think about.

WATCH AND DISCUSS PAST EPISODES FROM "16 AND PREGNANT"

   
SEASON TWO: 16 AND PREGNANT SPECIAL - LIFE AFTER LABOR
Catch up with the mothers from the second season of '16 and Pregnant' as Dr. Drew finds out what life is like after giving birth.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 10 - KAILYN
After discovering that she's pregnant, high school senior Kailyn struggles to reconnect with her parents and improve the relationship with her boyfriend.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 9 - LIZZIE
Lizzie has two loves in life: her boyfriend Skylar and her music. But when being pregnant puts her dreams on hold and she learns that Skylar has not always been faithful, her path becomes even more uncertain.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 8 - LEAH
Leah, a West Virginia cheerleader is having twins with a boy she was dating for only one month. And if that wasn't already hard enough, she develops health complications that put the babies lives at risk.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 7 - NICOLE
Nicole is pregnant and dating a younger guy. Although they are very in love, not everyone in the family is supportive and they both have a lot of growing up to do.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 6 - SAMANTHA
Samantha is a cute, bubbly 'good girl' who never misses a homework assignment but devastates her passionate Mexican-American family when she follows in her mother's footsteps and becomes a teen mom.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 5 - LORI
Lori's parents want her to choose adoption, but as someone who was adopted herself, Lori doesn't want her baby to be haunted by all that's haunted her. With an ex-boyfriend who is unreliable, she eventually realizes that she may have no other options...
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 4 - CHELSEA
Chelsea -- a popular high school senior and daddy's girl -- is caught up with her school life and fighting with her boyfriend Adam. She thinks things will go back to normal after she gives birth, but instead learns that she can choose her daughter above everything else.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 3 - VALERIE
Valerie -- an adopted girl in a family with eleven kids -- is striving to give her baby the family she never had. Confronted with a boyfriend that denies he's the father, she endures a perilous labor and nearly loses her baby.
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 2 - NIKKOLE
Nikki is half prankster, half princess, whose posse of friends adore her but hate her disrespectful, trouble-making boyfriend Josh. Can she convince her friends and family that Josh is worthy of being a father to their son?
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SEASON TWO: EPISODE 1 - JENELLE
Jenelle, a North Carolina beach bunny who loves partying, realizes her long-distance boyfriend isn't coming back and that she's too immature to raise a baby herself.
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SEASON ONE: 16 AND PREGNANT SPECIAL - UNSEEN MOMENTS
Check out intimate, never-before-seen footage of all the girls from Season One of '16 and Pregnant,' in the 'Unseen Moments Special' hosted by Dr. Drew.
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SEASON ONE: 16 AND PREGNANT SPECIAL - LIFE AFTER LABOR
The families of '16 and Pregnant,' address Season One's controversial topics, along with updates on their 'lives after labor,' in the Finale Special, hosted by Dr. Drew.
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SEASON ONE: EPISODE 6 - CATELYNN
From a small town in Michigan, 16 year-old Catelynn is the voice of reason in an otherwise hot-tempered family. With the support of her boyfriend Tyler, she's taking the biggest stand of her life and pursuing adoption without the approval of her parents.
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SEASON ONE: EPISODE 5 - WHITNEY
A southern belle from small town Georgia, Whitney is definitely the baby of the family. But with her mom pregnant as well, the house gets too crowded too fast, and Whitney and her boyfriend, Weston, must figure out how to move out and become a family on their own.
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SEASON ONE: EPISODE 4 - EBONY
Ebony, a military brat from Colorado Springs, is trading in her ROTC uniform for maternity clothes. She and her boyfriend Josh plan to join the Air Force after senior year, but the responsibilities of a new baby may keep them from enlisting, and maybe even from graduating.
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SEASON ONE: EPISODE 3 - AMBER
Amber -- a self-proclaimed party girl from Anderson, Indiana -- never imagined she'd spend her senior year moving in with her well meaning, but immature, boyfriend Gary. But with a baby on the way, the two will have to juggle adult responsibilities on a teenage budget.
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SEASON ONE: EPISODE 2 - FARRAH
Farrah is a popular cheerleader from Council Bluffs, Iowa, but when her friends start gossiping about her becoming a single mom, she abandons her high school life and starts spending way too much time with her overbearing mother.
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SEASON ONE: EPISODE 1 - MACI
Dirt bike-riding Maci is graduating early from high school and moving in with her four-wheel-riding boyfriend Ryan because they're having a baby. Parenthood is difficult and time-consuming -- Maci has to put her own interests on the back burner in order to care for baby Bentley, while Ryan becomes more and more distant. Will their relationship be left in the dust?
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FAST FACTS

  • 3 in 10 girls in the U.S. will get pregnant at least once by age 20.
  • 1 in 6 girls in the U.S. will be a teen mom.
  • The U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the entire developed world.
  • Babies born to teens are more likely to grow up poor, have health problems, be abused and neglected, fail in school and eventually become teen parents themselves.
  • Less than half of teen moms graduate from high school.
  • 8 out of 10 fathers don't marry the teen mothers of their babies.

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