'I Feel Like It Was My Fault': Young And Pregnant's Brianna Opens Up About Her Son's Disability

Brianna's Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant season started with a big change: She’s about to move across the nation with her mom, son Braeson and boyfriend Robert. Nevertheless as she gears up for this life change, she's also grown more and more worried about her son's disability.


Throughout the premiere episode, Bri blamed herself for her son’s missing arm, which she mentioned last season was a result of amniotic musical group syndrome, or constricted growth as soon as he was in utero. From then on, the mother-son duo met with a therapist from Easterseals, a local corporation that provides developmental activities to physically challenged babies. Yet once Brianna learned her eight-month-old wasn’t hitting some of the milestones that other babies his age were -- like crawling -- she worried about the repercussions of his birth defect.


“I feel like it’s hard to watch him struggle,” she instructed her therapist. “I know that he’s getting frustrated... He wants to do it, and that’s what makes me feel the worst.”


Brianna then admitted she wants answers surrounding his disability, if nothing more than to put her mind at ease.


“It made no sense to me. Like, why would this happen? Nevertheless it happened. I feel like it was my fault… nevertheless even just knowing why it happened would sort of be peace of mind," she said.


Luckily, the therapist mentioned Braeson can still get treatment even as soon as they move out to Oregon, although will Brianna get over her guilt? Tell us your thoughts, then keep watching new episodes of Young and Pregnant Mondays at 10/9c.