Kayla Shannon Sessler is one of the five moms who stars on Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant.
Kayla grew up with a toxic relationship with her mother, Jaime. Her father left when she was younger and her mother was a single mom to Kayla and her older brother. Kayla eventually began a relationship with Stephan Alexander and became pregnant with his child. She discovered four months into her pregnancy that Stephan slept with another girl while he and Kayla were still together, which left her heartbroken, but she forgave him and asked if they could start dating again. Stephan agreed but continued to cheat on Kayla with different girls. On September 30, 2017, Kayla and Stephan welcomed their first child, a son named Izaiah Cole Alexander; Kayla was 18 years old when she became a mother to Izaiah.
When Izaiah was eight months old, Kayla was the victim of a domestic abuse incident with Stephan, after he took her debit card without her permission. In August 2018, Kayla started dating Luke Davis III. Due to Luke's presence in their son's life, this caused tension between Kayla and Stephan. Stephan soon became estranged from Izaiah and moved away to be closer to his mother, Annette, who requested visitation with Izaiah, but Kayla declined. After three years, Kayla reluctantly agreed to visiting Annette, who caused an argument with Kayla about lack of contact with her about Izaiah. The argument became physical and Kayla had to walk away. However she called Stephan and told him that him and Annette were no longer allowed to see Izaiah. Stephan tried to talk Kayla around but had no luck whatsoever, as it is apparent that Stephan still has not changed his ways since the argument between Kayla and his mother took place.
Kayla went on to have another child, a daughter named Ariah Jordynn Davis with Luke; she was born in August 2019. After cheating on Luke in 2021 with her ex, Ryan, Kayla got pregnant a third time. But because she was unsure of who the father of her child was, Kayla had an abortion to salvage her relationship with Luke. But this made things worse between them and Luke's family became verbally and physically aggressive with Kayla for cheating on Luke in the first place. After an incident between Luke's sister, Chas and Izaiah, which resulted in Chas smacking Izaiah's butt for pooping in his pants, Kayla took legal action and got a restraining order against Luke's family. Despite separating before this incident took place, Kayla decided to convince Luke to move out but to maintain a co-parenting relationship for the sake of Izaiah and Ariah. Luke soon moved on and went to begin a relationship with someone else, while Kayla got back together with Ryan, who she cheated on Luke with. Kayla and Ryan recently welcomed their first child together (Kayla's third), a son named Zyaire Jaxon Leigh, who was born on March 13, 2024.
Trivia[]
- She is a Scorpio.
- She is Italian, German and Polish.
- She is the first of the Young and Pregnant moms to get pregnant again.
- She is one of the first original Young and Pregnant moms to have three children with three different fathers.
- Out of all the Young and Pregnant moms, Kayla is the closest to Brianna Jaramillo.
- Out of all the Young and Pregnant moms, Kayla had the most tension with Ashley Jones.