Jamie Lynn Spears Reflects on Teen Pregnancy

Jamie Lynn Spears has discussed her teenage pregnancy in a new interview with Glamour magazine.

The younger sister of Britney became pregnant aged 16, and soon left Hollywood to raise her daughter back home in Louisiana. Spears is back though, just two months shy of her 21st birthday and ready to make her return as a singer-songwriter.

In the Glamour interview, she talks about why she wasn’t on birth control while with her daughter’s father Casey Aldridge, the ways in which she and Britney bond over motherhood, and how she’ll always love Aldridge (even though the two split in February 2010). On the subject of birth control, Spears said:

“I believe in safety and birth control as prevention. But like many young girls, I was really scared to go to the doctor. And I was on a Nickelodeon show, and it [felt] especially embarrassing to ask someone to put me on birth control. I didn’t want to ask my doctor, because she had a little girl.”

She also discusses her decision to speak to OK! Magazine about her pregnancy (shocker: her explanation isn’t “for the money”):

“I knew I needed to give an explanation to my fans, and I wanted it to be in my words first. I had to make a decision that I could sleep with every night. I did feel responsible for the young girls and the mothers who I probably confused and let down. I apologize for that. But I wasn’t trying to glamorize teen pregnancy. […] Was it hurtful for my parents to read stuff about their daughters? Yes. Obviously seeing Britney’s negative coverage, I knew how far it could go.”

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[Via Glamour]