16 & Pregnant Season 5 Cast Member Added: Meet Aleah Lebeouf
16 & Pregnant's fifth season began production late last year and while the full cast has yet to be released, there have been a few big reveals of the girls' identities. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Aleah LeBeouf would be one of the 12 girls who will soon grace television screens, sharing her story of teen pregnancy.
According to The Ashley's Reality Roundup, who was first to break the news, Aleah is an eighteen-year-old who hails from a small town in Missouri and now lives in St. Louis. And her story is unlike any that fans have seen before.
Not only is Aleah pregnant in her episode, she's also acting as a step-mother to her boyfriend Shawn Burke's first child, son Noah. Although Noah's mother is still around, Aleah reportedly stepped up big time, helping to raise the little boy along with boyfriend Shawn.
"She is a special kind of person," a source told The Ashley in regard to Aleah's character. "I asked her why she did the show and she told me that she [wanted] to let people know how hard it is to be a teen step-parent and be pregnant with your own child."
While Aleah and Shawn welcomed a healthy baby girl daughter named Peyton Reianne last month, Aleah's pregnancy didn't come without complications. Like Teen Mom 3 star Mackenzie Douthit, Aleah suffered from diabetes and experienced several issues while with child. After spending time at the hospital under the care of her doctor, Aleah was induced on Dec. 13, three weeks prior to her due date.
In the last couple of months, MTV has been spotted filming Aleah and Shawn around St. Louis as well as in her hometown of Festus.
Thus far, no premiere date for 16 & Pregnant season five has been announced.