Nurse Reunites With Teen Mom Who Dropped Off ‘Shoebox Box Baby’ 12 Years Later

Nurse Reunites With Teen Mom Who Dropped Off ‘Shoebox Box Baby’ 12 Years Later
Courtesy of Cherish Adams Coates
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Students at the age of 15 should be busy thinking about their classes, extracurricular activities, friends, and their future. But some teens have more to worry about in high school. A 15-year-old Rockford, Illinois, girl named Cherish Coates had a newborn son to worry about.

Becoming pregnant without realizing it in 2004, this sophomore, who lived with her grandparents, experienced sharp pains in her stomach one day. Before the night was out, she had delivered her own baby with no assistance in her bedroom.