Please don't take my baby : a pregnant teenager, lost and alone - a foster carer with room in her heart for two

‘I’m going to love my baby and give her lots of attention,’ Jade said. ‘I’ll show my mum she’s wrong.’ Jade, 17, is pregnant, homeless and alone when she’s brought to live with Cathy. Jade is desperate to keep her baby, but little more than a child herself, she struggles with the responsibilities her daughter brings. Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she’s never looked after a pregnant teenager before, but none of the mother and baby carers is free, and – seventeen years old, seven months pregnant and homeless – Jade is in a desperate situation. But Jade doesn’t want to listen or advice and although her daughter is born safely it isn’t long before Jade’s in trouble with the police. Cathy knows that Jade loves her daughter with all her heart, but will she be able to get through to Jade in time to make her realise just how much she might lose? Kiedy Jade wprowadza sie do Cathy, ma zaledwie siedemnascie lat, jest w ciazy, samotna i bezdomna. Rozpaczliwie pragnie zatrzymac crke, lecz przeciez sama jest niemal dzieckiem i z trudem radzi sobie z obowiazkami, ktre pojawily sie wraz z przyjsciem na swiat Courtney. Tuz po przybyciu Jade, Cathy ogarnia niepok nigdy wczesniej nie opiekowala sie ciezarna nastolatka. Niestety, we wszystkich rodzinach zastepczych specjalizujacych sie w tego rodzaju pomocy nie ma na razie miejsca. Jade - bezdomna siedemnastolatka w sidmym miesiacu ciazy - jest w rozpaczliwej sytuacji. Nie slucha jednak ostrzezen i rad. Rodzi zdrowe i sliczne dziecko, ale wkrtce potem popada w konflikt z prawem. Cathy wie, ze Jade kocha creczke calym sercem. Czy jednak Cathy zdazy przemwic dziewczynie do rozsadku i uswiadomic jej, jak wiele moze stracic? Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she's never looked after a pregnant teenager before, but none of the mother and baby carers are free, and-- seventeen years old, seven months pregnant and homeless--Jade is in a desperate situation. But Jade's behaviour gives Cathy cause for concern straight away. She doesn't want to listen--and it isn't long before Jade is in trouble with the police as well. Cathy knows that Jade loves her daughter Courtney with all her heart, but will she be able to get through to her in time to make her realise what she might lose? 17-year-old Jade is pregnant and homeless when she is brought to live with foster carer Cathy. She stays out late, drinks heavily and smokes, but deep down she is desperate to hold on to her baby. The UK has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the developed world. This is Jade's story, but sadly it could be the story of many