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"Long before Amber Portwood and Jenelle Evans gained notoriety on MTV&amp;apos;s Teen Mom, there was another pregnant 16-year-old making headlines: Jamie Lynn Spears.\r\nNow 21, the former Nickelodeon star opens up to Glamour about how giving birth to daughter Maddie (with then-boyfriend Casey Aldridge) changed her life forever.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It was 2007. I had been on a Nickelodeon show, Zoey 101, and after we wrapped shooting, I just wanted to go home to Louisiana and finish high school, be a cheerleader, all that. Then I found out I was pregnant,&amp;quot; she tells the magazine&amp;apos;s March issue. &amp;quot;I was young. I was in love. I was like every other teenager, except I had this last name. And I made a decision that is forever my decision.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nJamie Lynn wasn&amp;apos;t using birth control at the time because &amp;quot;like many young girls, I was really scared to go to the doctor.&amp;quot; The reason? &amp;quot;I was on a Nickelodeon show, and it felt especially embarrassing to ask someone to put me on birth control. . .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&amp;apos;t trying to glamorize teen pregnancy.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Everybody is dealt a hand of cards,&amp;quot; Jamie Lynn reasons. &amp;quot;It was my choice to play them the way I played them. But the hateful comments hurt.&amp;quot;\r\nThe star leaned on her older sister Britney Spears, 30, for support. &amp;quot;[Our bond as mothers], it&amp;apos;s such a big thing, you know? Especially &amp;apos;cause there&amp;apos;s an age gap there -- she&amp;apos;s 10 years older. I think if I were just a normal 20-year-old, I wouldn&amp;apos;t be able to relate as much to her.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nNow that her life is more balanced, Jamie Lynn plans to re-join the music industry.\r\n&amp;quot;I was a kid who did a kid show. Then I went away and raised my child, and the world has never met me as an adult. This is the first time anybody is really meeting me as a grown woman and grown mother making a decision about what to do with my life,&amp;quot; she tells Glamour.\r\n&amp;quot;Do people have an idea of who they think I am? Yes, and that&amp;apos;s fine with me,&amp;quot; Jamie Lynn says. &amp;quot;My music will speak for itself.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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