Early pregnancy, poor family planning, and failure in considering crucial health as economic factors before planning a child can lead to complications. Proper family planning on the other other hand offers multiple benefits. But how exactly? 

Dr Padma Srivastava, consultant obstetrician & gynaecologist, Motherhood Hospitals, Lullanagar, Pune says, “Adolescents are twice as likely as women over the age of 20, to die as a result of pregnancy-related problems. Adolescent children are also more likely to have a low birth weight, illness, stunting, and other nutritional problems.