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Underage and Pregnant

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Factual: Families & Relationships

Series which reveals the real story of life as a pregnant schoolgirl and teenage mum

Series which goes behind the sensational headlines to discover what it is really like to be underage and pregnant

Underage and Pregnant: Series 2

Hannah Wyatt

Natalie Cassidy

Underage and Pregnant: Series 2: Episode 7: Cacherrah and Chenice

Cacherrah and Chenice

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Episode 7: Cacherrah and Chenice

Series 2

BBC Three - Underage and Pregnant, Series 2, Cacherrah and Chenice

Cacherrah is helping her friend Chenice adapt to the prospect of motherhood.

Friends Cacherrah and Chenice will soon both be teenage parents, as Cacherrah is mum to Malakai, Chenice is a mum-to-be and both will be coping on their own.

Series which goes behind the sensational headlines to discover what it is really like to be underage and pregnant. Following a mix of schoolgirl mums and dads from varied backgrounds, the teens tell their own story of how their lives are transformed from pregnancy to birth and life with a baby. 

As well as sharing their hopes and fears, viewers will see how the pregnancy affects the rest of their world, from relationships with partners, friends and family to the impact on their education, body image and social life.

15-year-old Cacherrah and 16-year-old Chenice became best friends when they were both expelled from school and went to a pupil referral unit. But the similiarites don't end  there - both will soon be teenage parents, as Cacherrah is mum to four-month-old Malakai, Chenice is a mum-to-be and both will be coping on their own.

Cacherrah is still with the father of her child, 17-year-old Jehrique, but her mum lives with her boyfriend and her dad lives 40 miles away. How will she juggle motherhood with the mounting pressure of her mock GCSEs?

Chenice is six months pregnant and the father of her child doesn't believe the baby is his. Facing life as a single mum she turns to Cacherrah for support. Armed with her birthing video and months of experience, Cacherrah is on hand to prepare her friend for what lies ahead.

  

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