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Amanda, being raised by her Catholic grandparents after her mother abandoned her, was determined to avoid pregnancy and become the first in her family to get a college degree.
CNN: Rural America has a teen pregnancy problem
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Although nearly all unmarried young adults say it's important to them to avoid pregnancy at the present moment, a third also say they would be at least a little happy if they did find themselves pregnant.
WSJ: The New Unmarried Moms
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Crystal's nervousness is understandable - though doctors say that if HIV-positive women take anti-retroviral drugs during their pregnancy and avoid breast-feeding, the chance of their baby carrying the virus is tiny.
BBC: Teenagers - anonymous