Nikkole Paulun

Nikkole Paulun was featured on the second season of 16 and Pregnant on MTV.

History

Nikkole is a cheerleader from Monroe, Michigan. While still in high school, Nikkole finds that she is pregnant with her boyfriend, Josh Drummonds. When finding out about the pregnancy, Josh says that he no longer wanted to be in a relationship, and leaves Nikkole. Although Nikkole was left, she decided that raising her child with her very supportive mother would be the best choice for her to make.

Episode summary

The show opened with an introduction to Nikkole's past. Nikkole and Josh had been broken up for awhile when she decided to meet up with the father of her child. After a long talk, Nikkole decides to not listen to her mother and friends, and go back to dating Josh. Proving Nikkole's mother and friends wrong, Josh actually attempts to treat Nikkole with respect. Nikkole still wants to keep a relationship with her friends, but it hard for her to do so when she was spending all of her time with Josh. Wanting to spend time with her friends, she decides to go to the school dance with her friends. Because of his expulsion from Nikkole's school, Josh wasn't able to attend the dance. The couple come to a compromise and Josh let her go to the dance for an hour before coming home with him. Nikkole wasn't surprised when Josh didn't show up to the dance to pick her up. Josh later says that Nikkole was being selfish. Instead of concentrating on her relationship problems, she starts to focus on her pregnancy.

When the pain became unbearable, Nikkole decides to have an induced labor. Nikkole soon goes into labor with her mother, Josh, and Josh's mother there to support her. Rikki, Nikkole's mother, and Josh get into an argument that leaves Josh wanting to leave the hospital. Instead, he decides to stay through the labor, where he and Nikkole finally got to meet their son, Lyle Thomas, born on November 5, 2009. Rikki tells Josh that his behavior is unacceptable and he is not allowed to come to her house anymore. Going against her mothers rules, Nikkole continues to see Josh, until she finds out he had been cheating on her with his ex-girlfiend. The episode ends with Nikkole hoping she will one day have a family with Josh and Lyle.

Specials

16 and Pregnant had special follow-up episodes which gave their audience a chance to see how Nikkole was doing. One of the episodes was called "Life After Labor". In the episode that featured Nikkole, we learn that Nikkole is having a hard time with her boyfriend Josh after her gets out of jail. Her mother, who was also in the video, again tries to change her daughters mind about staying with Josh. The episode again leaves us with Nikkole still hoping to have the family that she's always wanted.

References

http://starcasm.net/archives/36793
http://www.mtv.com/shows/16_and_pregnant/season_2/episode.jhtml?episodeID=165303
http://www.mtv.com/videos/life-after-labor-post-reunion-interviews-nikkole/1637445/playlist.jhtml#series=2212&seriesId=523&channelId=1
http://www.kosmix.com/topic/16_and_pregnant/Summary

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