This is the shocking story of the youngest mother in human history who gave birth to a baby at the age of just 5.
Lina Medina gave birth at the age of 5
In 1933, Lina Medina was born in Ticrapo, Peru. At the age of five
years, Lina was brought to hospital by her parents who complained of
abdominal extreme growth. The girl’s parents initially thought their
daughter was suffering from a massive abdominal tumor, but after being
examined by doctors in Pisco, Peru, they discovered she was seven-months
pregnant.
Dr. Geraldo Lozada became Lina’s attending doctor, fully taking
over the case. Dr. Lozada took Lina to a more advanced hospital in Lima
to confirm the pregnancy diagnosis. The diagnosis was confirmed. Lina
was born with a rare condition called “precocious puberty”. Precocious
puberty is basically the early onset of sexual development. Most girls
begin experiencing puberty around the age of ten (boys usually start a
little later, around the ages of 11 or 12). Lina had experienced her
first menstrual cycle at the age of two and a half or three. She had
fully developed breasts by the age of four. Within five years, her body
displayed pelvic widening and advanced bone maturation.
Lina and her baby Gerardo
Lina Medina officially became the youngest confirmed mother in
medical history, aged five, seven months and 21 days. She gave birth to a
boy by a caesarean section on May 14, 1939, necessitated by her small
pelvis. The surgery was performed by Lozada and Dr. Busalleu, with Dr.
Colareta providing anaesthesia. The child, weighing 2,700 grams (6
pounds), was well-formed, in good health and was named Gerardo after the
doctor who delivered him. Child and mother were able to leave the
clinic after only a few days.
As might be expected, sexual abuse was immediately considered. The
father of Lina was arrested on suspicion of rape and incest. He was
released due to lack of evidence. Lina Medina never revealed who the
real father of her child is, or the circumstances surrounding its
impregnation. According to a 1955 article reviewing the case: “some
have pointed out, there were frequent festivities celebrated by the
Indians in the Andean villages like the one where Lina was born. These
often ended in orgies where rape was not uncommon”.
Throughout the years, many people have called her story a complete
hoax, however, a number of doctors over the years have verified it based
on biopsies, X rays of the fetal skeleton in utero, and photographs
taken by the doctors caring for her.
Gerardo was raised believing that Medina was his sister, but found
out at the age of 10 that she was his mother. He led a healthy life
until 1979, when he died from bone marrow disease at the age of 40. In
young adulthood, Medina worked as a secretary in the Lima clinic of Dr.
Lozada, who gave her an education and helped put her son through high
school. Medina later married Raúl Jurado and in 1972 had a second son,
33 years after her first. Lina Medina is alive today, but refuses to
give interviews.
Source: RareHistoricalPhotos
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