Raped at three years old – born at 5: what happened to the world’s youngest mother (photo)

After the birth of her son, Lina lived in poverty and had several accidents.

Lina Medina was still a child herself when she gave birth to a son in 1939. At first, doctors feared she had an abdominal tumor.

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A five-year-old girl surprised the world by giving birth and becoming the youngest mother in history. Living in a small remote village in the Andes mountains in Peru, Lina Medina’s life was not different at first from the lives of other children her age. However, when her stomach began to swell, her parents feared that she had an abdominal tumor.

Finally, her father took her to the hospital, where she was found to be seven months pregnant. Lina gave birth to a healthy baby boy by Caesarean section a few weeks later, on May 14, 1939.

Doctors surprisingly concluded that Lina suffered from a rare condition called precocious puberty, meaning that she showed signs of aging from a young age. Her mother said she started menstruating when she was just three years old.

As a result, Lina developed breasts, wider hips, and faster bone growth at a very young age, before she was raped and became pregnant.

After the birth of her son Gerardo, named after the doctor who adopted the family, questions arose about who raped her. Her father, Tilburelo, was arrested on suspicion of incest, but was later released due to lack of evidence. The identity of the baby’s father was never revealed, and Lina and her family chose to live their lives in secrecy rather than share their story publicly.

Gerardo lived to be 40 years old, but unfortunately died of bone disease in 1979. Reports show that he did not know Lina was his mother until he was ten years old. , believing that she was her sister. Lina, 34 years later, gave birth to another child from her husband Raul.

Lina did not receive much support after her early birth. Raoul told the media afterwards: “She didn’t get any help, as far as I know. She believes that the government will never fulfill its responsibilities.”

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He spoke about this 20 years ago, when Lina was 68 years old and, according to Telegraph India, lived in a cramped house in a poor, crime-ridden area of ​​Peru. It was also reported that she led a closed life and refused to tell strangers about her past.

A book called “Mother at 5” was written by obstetrician Jose Sandoval, he wrote: “The government condemned them to a life of poverty. In any other country they would be objects of special care. “We still have time to undo the damage she did to her. That’s my main goal.”

Lina Medina/Dailystar

He then noted that Medina would rather play with her dolls than with the child. It is not clear if Lina is alive, but she would now be 90 and still the youngest woman ever born.

Unfortunately, more information about Lina Medina is limited, because she tried to keep her life secret after all the tragedies she experienced.

Let us remind you that we previously wrote Top of the youngest parents in the world about their difficult stories and their broken destinies.

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