16 and Pregnant

16 and Pregnant is an MTV reality television series produced by Morgan J. Freeman and Dia Sokol Savage, and was first broadcast on June 11, 2009. It follows the stories of pregnant teenage girls in high school dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy. Each episode features a different teenage girl, with the episode typically beginning when she is 4 1⁄2–8 months into her pregnancy. The episode typically ends when the baby is a few months old. The series is produced in a documentary format, with an animation on notebook paper showing highlights during each episode preceding the commercial breaks.

MTV launched a spin-off series titled Teen Mom, which debuted on December 8, 2009. On January 11, 2011 debuts a new show called Teen Mom 2.

Title Airdate

101 "Maci" June 11, 2009

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.

102 "Farrah" June 18, 2009

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.

103 "Amber" June 25, 2009

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" July 2, 2009

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" July 9, 2009

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" July 16, 2009

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.

Reunion "Life after Labor" July 23, 2009

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.

Unseen "Unseen Moments" July 30, 2009

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

Season 3

Ep # Title Airdate

"Jordan" April 19, 2011

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.

302 "Jennifer" April 26, 2011

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" May 3, 2011

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" May 10, 2011

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.

305 "Cleondra" May 17, 2011

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" May 24, 2011

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" May 31, 2011

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" June 7, 2011

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.