Published 6/23/2008
by Rachel Paula Abrahamson
at Usmagazine.com
Jamie Lynn Spears , 17, and fiancé Casey Aldridge , 19, became part of a growing teen pregnancy trend when they welcomed daughter Maddie Briann on Thursday.
"Teen birth rate had been going down but last year for the first time in 15 years it went up," Sarah Brown, CEO of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, tells Usmagazine.com .
(Check out pics of Jamie Lynn's bump.)
"Regular girls see photos of Jamie Lynn's bump and think they too are guaranteed a designer baby shower and designer nursery," Brown tells Us . "But the reality is their babies aren't born in Hollywood."
Brown warns that Hollywood glamour doesn't communicate reality.
"Babies are exhausting and expensive, and the boyfriend that pledged he would stay with you almost always leaves," she says.
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