'I got pregnant at 14 and got better GCSEs because of it'

Teenage pregnancies are down to a record low in England and Wales, but the UK still has the highest teenage birth rate in western Europe.

Alex got pregnant when she was 14 with a boy at her school and decided to keep the baby.

She's now 19 with a college diploma and a full-time job and she says her life is better than it might have been if she hadn't fallen pregnant.

Video produced by Judith Burns and Hannah Gelbart

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