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It is the job of moms to guide their offspring along productive paths. It is the job of teens to rebel, otherwise there would never be any change. Has your mom always been a control freak, or is this something that comes with the new grandchild? Sit her down and go "Mom, we need to negotiate some of these control issues, or I am going to go crazy. I need to let me learn some independence."

I might add that sometimes controlling behaviors come from a lack of trust. Sometimes it's just not trusting anyone. Maybe you have lost your mom's trust and maybe you haven't and she just has problems trusting-either way, you being pregnant proves to her that you are not in control of your life and/or that she can't trust your decision-making so therefore she is going to crack down even harder and show you little respect in the way you live your life. You are going to be a mother and this may become a HUGE issue when you are mothering your own child because she will undermine you-now is the time to try to talk things out, but always remember that she is still your mother, you are only 16 so therefore a minor and still in her care, you're 16 and pregnant and will need her help and would even if you were 21 and married, so don't burn that bridge, just set appropriate boundaries, but again you being pregnant doesn't make you a free woman so boundaries within reason and with respect.