5 Year Old Mother

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5 year old Mother (1939)

One of the photographs meanwhile that changed medical history is that of Lina Medina, the youngest mother who gave birth at the age of five. Born in Peru in 1933, Lina was brought to the local hospital by her parents because of an increasingly enlarged belly, which they first thought of a tumor. After a series of tests however, the doctors confirmed that she was seven months pregnant. A month later Lina gave birth to a baby boy whom she named Gerardo, after her doctor.
Lina Medina is the first known case of precocious pregnancy, and based on studies it was shown that she had an advanced menarche development resulting to menstruation at the age of 8 months, prominent breasts upon turning four, and bone maturation at age 5.
Her son Gerardo was first raised knowing that Lina was his sister, but eventually he found out that she was his mother at the age of 10. In 1972, Lina married and gave birth to her second son, 33 years after Gerardo was born. Gerardo soon died seven years later at the age of 40, due to a bone marrow disease. Lina, who is now aged 74, continues to live with her husband in Chicago, Chico, in Lima, Peru.
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Damn, I had no idea that was possible. (and yes it is true)...

Apparantly they jailed her father for incest but later released him for lack of
evidence.

[CDawg]

lack of evidence? You're kidding, right?

[indigo]

Speechless....

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Originally Posted by CDawg

lack of evidence? You're kidding, right?

It was in 1939, I just saw it in Time as one of the photos that changed our world.

Lots of cool photos in that episode.

[Coffeebean]

I read about that some time ago. I was just stunned! My little girl is 6, and I could NEVER imagine her being pregnant! I couldn't imagine ANY 5 year old pregnant. I really hope that whatever trauma she experienced through her life, beginning with that, she has been able to overcome. Obviously she is still alive and all that. I think I read something about her village shunning her, or something because of it? Perhaps it was her whole family? Anyways, changed our world indeed!