- 23, 1933 in one of the poorest villages in Peru, Lina Medina as one of nine children. And even though her pregnancy came as a disturbing shock to her loved ones (and the public), the idea that a 5-year-old child could get pregnant wasn’t entirely unthinkable to pediatric endocrinologists.
- 26 (Reuters): Lina Medina’s parents thought their five-year-old daughter had a huge abdominal tumour and when shamans in their remote village in Peru’s Andes could find no cure, her father carried her to hospital. Just over a month later, she gave birth to a boy.
Lina Medina Who Is The Father
When they say wonders shall never end, that’s probably because the wonders didn’t start today. Some people will say nothing is new under the sun, we’ve seen several cases of teenage pregnancies, but this is much more different. I’m sure anyone will be surprised if you see a 10 years old girl with pregnancy of the street. Now, imagine a girl who isn’t up to 6 years being pregnant. You find it very difficult to believe right? I would too, if I were you. It doesn’t even sound medically correct for such to have happened, going by our knowledge of biology and puberty, a 5 years girl wouldn’t have developed reproductive organs to support having a baby. Whether you choose to believe it or not, history has it that, the youngest mother was a 5 years old girl.
In the early spring of 1939, a family in a small Peruvian community found that the stomach of their 5-year-old child had been swollen. Tiburelo Medina and Victoria Losea carried their baby girl from the father's home in Ticrapo to a physician far out in Lima, afraid that the constant inflammation was a symptom of an abdominal tumor.
The physician found, to their surprise and dismay, that their child, Lina Medina, was seven months pregnant. Just six weeks later, on May 14, 1939, Medina gave birth to a stable, six-pound newborn baby by surgery. She became the youngest girl known to have given birth at 5 years, seven months, and 21 days of age.
Lina Medina Story
Till date, the person responsible for the child remains unknown as the family decided not to talk about the matter. Some people are of the opinion that the girl never knew who was responsible for her pregnancy. The father of the child was once arrested for abusing her and impregnating her, but was later released due to lack of evidence.
She raised her child and he grew like a normal child, but he eventually died of bone marrow disease at the age of 40. He wasn’t the only child she gave birth to as remarried and had another child at 39. According to Wikipedia, Lina is still said to be alive till date, she will be 87 by now. Truly, wonders shall never end. Do you believe this story or you think it’s a coax?
Here is the story about how a sexually abused Peruvian girl Lina Medina became the world’s youngest mother at age five. By Andrei Tapalaga. Lina Marcela Medina is confirmed to be the youngest mother in history, giving birth at the young age of 5 years and 7 months old. Lina was born on September 23, 1933, in Peru.