An American woman who became an internet sensation as a teen mom when she had a child at 14 just welcomed her second baby six years and a marriage later. She has continuously shed light on issues related to teenage pregnancy.
20-year-old Maddie Lambert-Crowley welcomed her baby son, Ryder James, on Thursday (28 March), weighing 7 lb 14 oz and measuring 20 inches, in addition to being a “beautiful beautiful boy,” according to the young mom’s announcement on her Instagram page.
Highlights
- Maddie Lambert-Crowley, a teen mom who first had a child at 14, welcomed her second baby.
- She married Randy Crowley in September last year, before welcoming their son.
- Maddie faced significant backlash and judgment after her first pregnancy.
Maddie shares Ryder with her husband, Randy Crowley, whom she married in September last year, LadBible reported.
Thousands of people congratulated the influencer on social media, as an Instagram user wrote: "I’ve been on this journey with you since Everly was first born congratulations."
20-year-old Maddie Lambert welcomed her son six years after her first pregnancy when she became known as a 14-year-old teen mom
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Another person commented: "Oh my gosh Maddie he is perfect! Awe! Welcome to the world little Ryder!"
A separate person chimed in: "I’ve been keeping up with you since Ev was just a little baby, and I’m so so so happy for and your beautiful family."
Maddie and Ryder announced their pregnancy news last year on YouTube, with the now mother-of-two saying: “My jaw hurts from smiling, we are having a baby.
"I'm so happy. I'm still kinda in shock. There is a kid in there."
The Texas native earned media recognition for opening up about the challenges she faced when welcoming her first child, daughter Everly, at the age of 14 after becoming pregnant at the age of 13.
Maddie previously recalled: "I broke because I wasn't used to the amount of hate I was getting.
"Just because I got pregnant I was this horrible person.
"So many people that I thought were my friends would talk behind my back and make fun of me.
"I became the laughingstock of everyone I knew."
Maddie shares newborn Ryder with her husband, Randy Crowley, whom she married in September last year
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Maddie also opened up about the judgment that teen moms receive. She told Truly in a previous interview: “I’d always look down on teen moms if I’m being completely honest.
“I think that was just from a lack of knowing what it’s really like.
“Whenever you would see the media surrounding teen moms, you see the TV shows, and it’s just really negative and it shows a lot of drama.
“When I actually got pregnant, I was so scared of the reaction people were gonna give.
“I did get a lot of negative reactions, a lot of hate.”
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US teen birth rate (births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years) has been declining since 1991.
Teen birth rates continued to decline from 17.4 per 1,000 females in 2018 to 16.7 per 1,000 females in 2019.
The CDC stated that the numbers indicated another record low for US teens and a decrease of 4% from 2018, as birth rates fell 7% for females aged 15 to 17 years and 4% for females aged 18 to 19 years.
Although reasons for the declines are not clear, evidence suggests these declines are due to more teens abstaining from sexual activity and more teens who are sexually active using birth control than in previous years, the CDC noted.
However, the national public health agency also mentioned that the US teen birth rate was still substantially higher than in other Western industrialized nations.
"Let her live her life and be happy," a reader commented
