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Maci Bookout is a 16 year old high school junior from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Her fiancé, Ryan Edwards, romantically pursued her during her junior year. Bookout gives birth to a son, Bentley Cadence Edwards, in October 2008. She attended an accelerated school so she could graduate early. Following her high school graduation, Bookout enrolls in the local community college to start classes and has little help from Edwards in raising Bentley. She has to rely on her family to help, but when she decides that is not fair to them, she quits the dance team to spend more time with Bentley. Bookout calls off the engagement and the pair almost breaks up.

Farrah Abraham is a cheerleader from Council Bluffs, Iowa, who finds out she is pregnant. At first, Abraham only tells her two best friends, Zabrina and Tyler, who are on the cheerleading squad with her. Only Tyler remains loyal to Abraham after hearing the news. Abraham decides to continue high school online. She also decides not to tell her ex-boyfriend personally about the child after he sends her threatening text messages. It was later revealed he then died in a car accident before the baby was born. In February 2009, Abraham gives birth to Sophia Laurent Abraham. After Sophia's birth, Farrah went without a car and struggled with her difficult relationship with her mother.

Amber Portwood is a teenager from Anderson, Indiana. She and her boyfriend of two-and-a-half years, Gary Shirley, discover she is pregnant. Portwood has a daughter, Leah Leann Shirley, in November 2008. At the hospital, Shirley gets a call from Portwood's brother, Shawn, who is coming home from Iraq the next day. After seeing Shawn, Portwood starts to get stressed out. After settling into a normal routine, Portwood and Shirley become nervous about Leah's breathing. They take Leah to a specialist in Indianapolis, Indiana, where they learn that it was just the swelling of her voicebox. Sometime during the episode, Shirley proposes to Portwood and she accepts. Their relationship remains rocky.

Ebony Jackson is a 17-year-old high school senior from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jackson's plans to join the military and marry her fiancé, Josh Rendon, are halted when she discovers she's pregnant. The couple visit an Army recruitment office and are told that because of the child, only one of them will be allowed to join. The two attend senior prom and argue with Rendon's parents over issues of stress, living situations and not preventing Jackson's pregnancy. She gives birth to a girl, Jocelyn Jade Rendon, in April 2009. Shortly after Jocelyn's birth, Jackson struggles to get herself through school, to get the help and support she needs from Rendon and to prepare for his upcoming departure to the Air Force, while he works to find a job to support his family.

Whitney Purvis is a high school junior from Rome, Georgia. She is living with her boyfriend, Weston Lewis Gosa, her mother, Michelle Lynne, her mother's boyfriend, Scott, and her grandmother "Meemaw". Later, they discover that their son, Weston Owen Gosa, has alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder that affects the liver and lungs. Because her mother's home is too small for all of them, Whitney and her boyfriend later move out and into a place of their own with their son.

Catelynn Lowell is a junior in high school, living in Algonac, Michigan. She and her boyfriend of three years, Tyler Baltierra, discover she is pregnant. Neither of them feel that their living conditions are suitable for a new child, so they decide to look into adoption, going against their parents' wishes. They settle on a couple, Brandon and Teresa, and bond with them quickly. In May 2009, Lowell gives birth to a baby girl, who is named Carolynn Elizabeth (Carly for short) by her adoptive parents. Although not initially wanting to meet the baby, Baltierra and Lowell decide that they would like to see Carly before her adoptive parents do. After meeting their daughter, Brandon and Teresa promise to keep in touch with Baltierra and Lowell throughout the years of Carly's life. When it is time to sign the adoption papers, Lowell's mother refuses, forcing the official handover to take place off hospital grounds. Baltierra and Lowell say that the adoption was the hardest thing they had ever had to do, but the result has brought them closer together, and they know they made the right decision for Carly.

All the families from season one of 16 and Pregnant meet to discuss what has changed and gone in their lives since the cameras stopped rolling. The event is hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky.

This episode shows all the unseen clips of episodes that were not aired during season one. The event was hosted by Pinsky.

Jenelle Evans is an incoming high school senior who lives in Oak Island, North Carolina. A "party girl," Evans lives with her mother, Barbara, and her mother's boyfriend, Mike. The father of Jenelle's child is her boyfriend, Andrew Lewis, who she later ends the relationship with because he got arrested.In August 2009, Evans gives birth to Jace Vahn Evans. Even after giving birth, Evans continues to slip back into her partying ways, leaving her mom to take care of Jace. At the end of the episode, Evans finally agrees to spend more time with her son, but asks for her mother's continued help as she does not feel she is capable of caring for him on her own.

Nikkole Paulun is a high school junior who lives in Monroe, Michigan, with her mother, Rikki, and her younger brother. Paulun's boyfriend, Josh Drummonds, has the reputation of always cheating on Paulun. In November 2009, Paulun gives birth to Lyle Thomas Drummonds. When Paulun discovers that Drummonds has been seeing his ex-girlfriend, Kyla, behind her back, she breaks up with him. Paulun returns to school and gets help from Drummond's mother to take care of Lyle during the school day.

Valerie Fairman is a high school sophomore from Oxford, Pennsylvania. Her boyfriend Matt breaks up with her and says he does not want any contact with her unless it is about the baby. In September 2009, Fairman gives birth to a girl, Nevaeh Lynn Fairman. After Fairman's birth, it is discovered that the baby may have Meconium aspiration syndrome, but after a short hospital stay she turns out fine. On a home visit, Matt displays interest in Nevaeh and demonstrates that he has been learning about how to care for babies. He and Fairman discuss their relationship.

Chelsea Houska is a high school senior from Vermillion, South Dakota and is pregnant by her boyfriend, Adam Lind.Lind does not want a baby at first, but accoring to Houska's narration he has warmed to the idea. Houska experiences a difficult pregnancy involving Braxton Hicks contractions. On Houska's first day of senior year, she goes into labor five weeks early and gives birth to a daughter Aubree Skye Lind, 5 weeks early at 5lbs 6oz in August 2009. Lind is uninterested in Aubree and becomes increasingly distant from Houska as he is more interested in his cars, characterizing her behavior as "annoying" and "nagging." Eventually, Lind sends Houska an abusive text message, calling Aubree a mistake. As a result, Houska makes the decision to change Aubree's last name to her own.

Lori Wickelhaus is a teenager from Fort Thomas, Kentucky who is pregnant and undecided about whether to keep the baby. Being adopted herself, she has some reservations as she does not want her son to go through the same things she did. She deals with her parents pressuring her to give the child up for adoption, while Cory (her ex-boyfriend and the baby's father) and her friends want her to keep the baby. Wickelhaus and her parents meet with a couple that will adopt Aidan, who was born in December 2009. When Aidan is two days old, an adoption ceremony is held and Wickelhaus leaves the hospital.

Samantha Hernandez is a high school senior from Rosenberg, Texas. Her mother was a teen mom and knows the struggles that she and her boyfriend, Eric Salinas, will face. During labor, Hernandez has some painful back labor, and when she fails to dilate beyond three centimeters, her doctors decide she should have a C-section. Hernandez's daughter, Jordynn Amelia Marie Salinas, is born in December 2009. After Jordynn's birth, Salinas returns to work and school while Hernandez spends her days at home with the baby; this leads to tension between the couple as Hernandez feels that most of the burden of caring for Jordynn is falling on her. Hernandez gets help from Salinas's mother in raising the baby when she returns to school, and states that everything will be harder now that she is a teenaged mother.

Nicole Fokos is a teenager from Longwood, Florida. Her boyfriend, Tyler Keller, currently lives with his grandmother and frequently sees his two younger sisters. Throughout her pregnancy, Fokos's mother is very supportive, because her mother lost a child shortly after birth, and Fokos's father died two years later. In January 2010, Fokos gives birth to Brooklyn Marie Keller. Fokos and Keller spend the first weeks of parenthood moving between houses and leaving Brooklyn with various family members. Keller makes plans to finish his GED and gets a job to help support Brooklyn. Fokos states that it will be difficult to graduate high school, but she is determined to make it happen.

Leah Messer is a teenager from Elkview, West Virginia who is pregnant with twin girls. She has only been dating Corey Simms for a short amount of time. At six months pregnant, Messer goes into early labor, which is calmed with medication; however, it means that she needs to be on strict bedrest for the remainder of her pregnancy. Two months later, Aliannah Hope and Aleeah Grace are born on December 16, 2009. After the twins' birth, things become strained between Messer and Simms. Eventually, Messer and Simms break up because Messer does not know what she wants.

Lizzie Waller is a teenager from Smithfield, Virginia and is pregnant by her boyfriend, Skylar Sickles. Sickles proposes to Waller, but later learns that Sickles was unfaithful to her, and she breaks off the engagement; the couple later reconciles. In January 2010, Waller gives birth to Summer Jayde Sickles. She enrolls in college but drops out and decides to study medical billing instead. At the end of the episode she states that she will now shift her focus towards being a good mom for Summer.

Kailyn "Kail" Lowry is a teenager from Nazareth, Pennsylvania who keeps the sex of her baby a surprise until birth with her boyfriend, Jonathan "Jo" Rivera. Her mother is unsupportive and more interested in dating than her daughter. Lowry is living with Rivera's parents, Janet and Eddie. She travels to Texas to meet her father, who left when she was little, only to find she and her father have absolutely nothing in common. In January 2010, Lowry gives birth to a son named Isaac Elliot Rivera.

All the families from season two of 16 and Pregnant meet to discuss what has changed and gone in their lives since the cameras stopped rolling. The event is hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky.

Brooke Smitherman is a high school junior from Mansfield, Texas. She met her boyfriend of two years, Cody Tarrant, at the race track. Recently, Tarrant proposed to Smitherman and moved in with her family; Tarrant wants to graduate early to take care of the baby when Brooke is back at school, but he fails his graduation test three times. Shortly after, Tarrant finally passes the test, just in time for Brooke's water to break in school. Baby Brody Ryan was born in January, 2010. Brooke realizes that motherhood is way more than she can handle, although she is grateful that she has a husband like Tarrant.

Felicia Cooke is a senior from Lewisville, Texas who is the only one in her family with the chance to graduate. Alex Gutierrez, Cooke's boyfriend, and her mother, Reina, do not get along because Cooke got pregnant. Gutierrez begins spending less time with Cooke and more time with his friends. In February 2010, Genesis Alexia is born. Cooke and Gutierrez continue to have problems and Cooke knows it probably won't end well. She hopes to be the first person in her family to graduate for her mother and for Genesis, and still thinks there may be a future for her and Gutierrez.

Emily McKenzie is a high school junior from Hayden, Alabama, recently moved in with her dad and stepmom, since her mother kicked her out of the house upon learning of her pregnancy. McKenzie is withdrawn from public high school after being told she will not be allowed to graduate due to missing too many school days, because of her pregnancy. She is then enrolled in homeschooling. McKenzie's dad, Stacey, fears Peterson won't be able to support his daughter in the long run. McKenzie gives birth to a boy, Liam Allen, in February, 2010. After Liam arrives, McKenzie's family finds out she isn't on track to graduate, and McKenzie wonders if Peterson is as committed to her as he says he is.

Markai Durham graduated from high school in 2010 and is from Riverview, Florida with dreams of being a vet. She's grown up raising her younger sister, Samarra. When she met her boyfriend, James Worsham, he didn't initially seem her type, but she eventually fell for him. Durham eventually learns she's pregnant. In October 2009, Durham gives birth to Za'Karia Sanari Worsham. Worsham had been cheating on Durham, and his ex confronted her at school. Durham gets upset, and she and Worsham get into a horrible fight and Markai confesses that she still loves James. Durham is hurt by what Worsham did to her but starts back talking to Worsham again. They get into another fight once again, but reconcile. They go on raising Za'Karia.

17-year-old Aubrey Wolters is from Prescott Valley, Arizona. Her boyfriend, Brandon Akerill, wants her to be a housewife and stay home and raise the baby while he works, but she disagrees. In February 2010, Wolters gives birth to Austin Carter Akerill. Akerill gets a job as a mall security cop, and Wolters gets a job at a local pizza place. While Wolters wishes she had stayed in school, she plans to start working hard to get her GED so she can go to college and help support their son.

17-year-old Christinna Cook is from Huntsville, Alabama and dating Isaiah Robinson, the star of the football team. Robinson turns down his college football scholarship and gets a job. His family isn't thrilled, and blames Cook for his decision to stay in Huntsville for their baby. Determined to be a family, Robinson and Cook sneak off and get married. Cook has a C-Section and Destiny Brianna is born in December 2009. Robinson's family is pushing him to get a paternity test because they think the baby might not be his. Robinson realizes that he and Cook need to work things out themselves without outside influence. She is determined not to give up on her dreams and plans on figuring out a way to go back to college.

Kayla Jordan is a teenager from Centre, Alabama who loves to ride horses and compete in beauty pageants. She and her boyfriend, J.R. Davis, have been dating for six months and she's sure he's "the one." Davis is already out of high school and Jordan has plans to go to nursing school once she graduates. Both Jordan and Davis's parents have been really supportive, which is good since Jordan is pregnant. Davis works as a mechanic, and is hoping he and Jordan can find a place of their own to raise their baby by themselves. Although Jordon loves Davis, she's afraid to leave home, because she feels she needs help from her mother once the baby comes. At one of Jordan's doctor appointments, they find out she's having a boy, and decide to name him Rylan Jayce. During a photo shoot Jordan's mom arranges, Davis proposes and she accepts, despite her feelings that their relationship is moving too quickly. On top of everything, Jordan begins having contractions five weeks early. She and her mom rush to the hospital, and discover she is already seven-centimeters dilated. Even though it's sooner than expected, Rylan is born in January 2010. Despite being premature, Rylan is pronounced healthy. After the delivery, Davis moves in with Jordan to help take care of Rylan, since they still don't have a place of their own. Although Jordan wants to return to school and live a normal life again, she can't bear to leave Rylan. However, she does go back, and discovers she and her friends have grown apart. Davis is getting anxious about moving into their own place. This prompts Jordan to talk to Davis about her feelings concerning marriage and living together. She feels rushed, and explains without her family's help, she would've not had been able to handle a baby at 17.

Megan McConnell is a high school junior from Ault, Colorado and is the daughter of a U.S. soldier in the Army. McConnell's sister, Moriah, is also in the Army. McConnell's mom lets her 19-year-old boyfriend, Nathan Stone, move in while her father is deployed overseas. McConnell expresses concern that all Nathan does is play video games, because he has no job and is not going to school.Moriah lectures Megan about the difficulties she will face upon being a teenage mother. McConnell, Stone, and her parents discuss the future, with a suggestion that Stone go into the military. Stone shoots this down and becomes so preoccupied with his friends and video games that he bails on his parents' Halloween party (which McConnell attends) and McConnell's baby shower. Stone later tells McConnell that if she hadn't gotten pregnant, they wouldn't have still been together, and that because she got pregnant, he wasn't leaving her house like he planned to move in with his friends. Moriah lectures Stone about getting a job and supporting himself and his family. After hearing this, Stone apologizes to McConnell and promises to step up more. Moriah ends up having to go to Haiti and then to Afghanistan around McConnell's due date. At the 41-week mark, McConnell tries different ways to induce labor. The following day, she gets major contractions and goes to the hospital. In January 2010, McConnell gives birth to Blake Ray Stone. After they get home from the hospital, Stone goes back to his old ways and favors his video games over the baby. McConnell's friends seem to distance themselves now that she has a baby. Stone's friends talk about hooking him up with a job in Texas, which McConnell disapproves of because she doesn't want him to be away from her or the baby. By the end of the episode, McConnell talks about wanting a job and a house with Stone and the baby.

Unseen moments from the episodes Brooke, Felicia, Emily, Markai, Aubrey, Christinna, Kayla, and Megan, as well as some scenes that will be unseen from Ashley's episode, which airs the week after this episode.

Ashley Salazar is a high school senior with a passion for writing. She lives with her mom and her sister in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Salazar relies on her mom for a lot, but she has big aspirations to move out soon, go to college in New York City, and study to become a photojournalist. However, she may have to reconsider her dreams because now Salazar is pregnant. Salazar and her ex-boyfriend, Justin Lane, didn't stay in touch after they broke up. With Lane out of the picture and her mom as her model of a single parent, Salazar knows that raising a baby alone won't come without huge sacrifices. After careful consideration, Salazar and her mother agree that adoption is the best option for her baby. Neither one of them has the resources to support a baby right now, nor can they afford the cost of a nanny or daycare. Though giving the baby up will be hard, Salazar knows it is the best thing for everyone. She makes an adoption plan with her aunt and uncle. In December 2009, Salazar gives birth to daughter, Callie Danielle. She has a difficult time signing the adoption papers, but eventually does so. After a few days, though, Salazar is still very miserable and decides to take Callie back. Her aunt and uncle agree to let her have a "trial period" with Callie, which ends up lasting over a month before Salazar finally decides that being with her aunt and uncle is what is best for Callie.

All the families from season one of 16 and Pregnant meet to discuss what has changed and gone in their lives since the cameras stopped rolling. The event is hosted by Pinsky.

Markai Durham decides to have an abortion after she becomes pregnant again shortly after giving birth to her baby Za'Karia earlier this season. At the end of the episode, Pinsky and Durham spoke to two other girls who had abortions. All three girls said that they had been lacking in the proper information regarding birth control.^[3]

The episode follows eight of the mothers who had appeared in earlier episodes.

Jordan Ward is a 17 year old from St. Louis, Missouri. She and her identical twin sister, Jessica, were adopted by her grandparents at nine years old. Ward and her boyfriend, Brian Finder, are expecting a baby. Ward and her sister left behind high school in order to pursue modeling careers, but they both stopped modelling after Ward's pregnancy and are now in the process of getting their GED's. Noah James Finder was born in July 2010, and the young couple live in Ward's grandparents basement and raise Noah.

Jennifer Del Rio is a 16 year old from Riverview, Florida who is dating Josh Smith. Del Rio is nervous after starting a new school, and she has a planned C-section since she is having twin boys. Del Rio's parents and Smith do not get along and her parents are not happy with her decision for the babies to have Smith's last name. Smith proposes to Del Rio and she accepts. The twins, Joshua Devan and Noah Matthew, are born in October 2010. Del Rio's parents agree to let Smith into their home once the babies are situated there, but the young couple begin to argue. At one point, Smith throws Del Rio out of his car and takes the boys with him. Her mother comes to pick her and the kids up and Smith is taken away by police. Del Rio's parents tell her she is not to see Smith again, and Del Rio is upset over the whole situation.

Jamie McKay is a 17 year old senior honor student and student council member from Asheville, North Carolina who is pregnant by her boyfriend Ryan McElrath. McKay wants her daughter to have the father that she never had, but McElrath does not attend McKay's doctor apppointments, and McKay's own father finds out through Facebook that she is pregnant. McKay's mother and McElrath get into mild confrontations, which leads to McElrath ignoring McKay. When McKay goes into labor, she is unable to reach McElrath, and he shows up at the hospital 5 hours after McKay has been in labor. She then gives birth to a daughter, Miah Christine, in October 2010. After Miah's birth, McElrath wants to spend time with Miah, but only at his house without McKay. When McKay returns to school, she finds out that McElrath has been seeing another girl behind her back for months. McKay changes her phone number and agrees that it is better to let court settle their custody dispute because she is trying to ensure that both of their parental rights are protected for the best interest of their child.

Danielle Cunningham is a young teen mother from Columbus, Ohio who is pregnant by her boyfriend Jamie Alderman. Cunningham wants to prove she can do things differently than her own mother did. She then gives birth to a son, Jamie Paul Jr., in October, 2010.

Cleondra Carter is a 17-year-old senior from Horn Lake, Mississippi, struggles with the pressure of moving in with her boyfriend, Mario. She gives birth to a baby girl named Kylee Sue in November of 2010.

Kayla Jackson is a 17 year old from Mankato, Minnesota. whose anorexic issues resurface once she becomes pregnant. She has a son named Preston Michael.

Izabella is a 16 year old from Draper, Utah who is pregnant by her boyfriend, Jairo. She hid her pregnancy from all her friends and most of her family for 8 months, and her relationship with her best friend Cassidy was rocky. Izabella's family struggle with the fact that Jairo is not going to school to pursue a college degree. We later find out that Jairo lied about graduating from online High School. She gave birth to a son, Enrique Jairo.

Kianna Randall is a 17 year old from Fort Worth, Texas who is pregnant by her boyfriend Zak. Both live without their biological dads in their life. In October, 2010, Randall gives birth to a baby boy she names Kay'den Elijah.