Recap: ‘16 & Pregnant: Ashley’
From Amazon:
With no baby daddy, and with her family pushing for adoption, Ashley realizes that she can’t let go and hopes that her aunt and uncle will adopt the baby. But she soon realizes that she’s not sure she can live with her decision.
By the way, the girl in the thumbnail for this episode is not Ashley. In fact, I later realized they used an image of an adoption social worker who talks to her. Amazon, get your shit together.
Ashley is a teenager from McKinney, Texas. She lives with her mom and little sister but has big plans to go to college in New York so she can become a photojournalist. She likes to blog. Ashley’s boyfriend, Justin, broke up with her recently, and that’s a problem because . . . she’s pregnant. An emo song plays.
19 Weeks Pregnant — August
Ashley and her family live in what appears to be a very nice house. She is almost five months pregnant and is having a girl due on Christmas Day. She says that she has now been pregnant longer than she and Justin were even together.
We also learn that Ashley’s mom (who I don’t think we ever get a name for?) is one of those breakfast pushers. Her mom says she knew Ashley was pregnant because she was suddenly having nervous breakdowns. Her mom asked Ashley to consider abortion and…
