TEEN MOM AUSTRALIA Meet the stars

MTV’s new reality stars Georgina, Akosita and Ammerson share every detail on their pregnancy stories and lives as teenage mums

Georgina ‘I PLANNED MY TEEN PREGNANCY’

When Georgina was 15, she fell in love. Not long after, head over heels, she and her boyfriend, Josh, started planning to fall pregnant. “When I was 15 I met Josh and after we were together for a while, we wanted to start a family. We were really in love,” Georgina describes to WHO. “The discussions started when I was really young – which was stupid – I think I was 16.”

Having dropped out of school in Year 10, Georgina didn’t have to worry about juggling high school and a baby. “It was after my 17th birthday that we started really talking about it,” she explains. “We were trying for two weeks and I fell pregnant.” Even though they were actively trying, Georgina never expected it to happen so fast. “It wasn’t a shock that it was going to happen, but it just happened so soon! My 18th birthday was not like a normal 18th birthday – I was pregnant. Everyone else was drinking and I was like, ‘Cool!’”

Since welcoming Evie, it hasn’t been smooth sailing for parents Georgina, now 20, and Josh. “Our relationship is far gone. I just don’t like what he’s done,” she admits. “We were together throughout my pregnancy, but it was very on and off. After Evie, we were fighting a lot and we broke up. Now, he’s with someone else. I’m not a fan of that whatsoever. She’s from his past. I’m not ever going to accept it because she was a friend.”

While their break-up wasn’t something she anticipated, Georgina says she’s OK with it. “Even when we were trying to make it work, I still felt like a single mum and that’s when I said to him, ‘I don’t think we should be together. What’s the point? If I’m still feeling this way, I don’t think we should be together.’ It’s a slow process. I’m just better keeping that separate from my life. Evie sees him every second weekend.”