In 1939, scientists faced a situation that shattered all medical research and the laws of nature when a five-year-old girl, Lina Medina, showed up at the hospital for a checkup. A tumor was suspected to be growing inside her when her abdomen began to swell. However, instead of confirming their fears of a dangerous disease, the parents of the young child were struck by the news that they were to become grandparents and, in case it did not surface yet, it would mean that Lina , five years old, was Pregnant!
To say the revelation rendered everyone speechless would be an understatement and the doctors had to do a thorough check to make sure there was no confusion somewhere. What was the result of this revolutionary discovery which debunked all scientific teachings and which gave birth to the child? Get all of these details and more as you read on.
Bio of Lina Medina
Named Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado at birth, the woman who rose to fame for simply becoming a mother was born on September 23, 1933. She was welcomed around the world to Ticrapo, in the province of Castrovirreyna, Peru, by her joyous parents – Tiburelo Medina and Victoria Losea, who were upset. at the age of five, their daughter was confirmed to be carrying a child. The unsuspecting parents had taken their child to the doctor when they noticed his abdomen growing. After a series of tests on the child, doctors had no choice but to announce the incredible news that Lina Medina was expecting a child. In fact, she was already in her third trimester – the seventh month, when it became apparent that a baby was growing inside her.
Historical birth
Dr. Gerardo Lozada and a team of other practitioners who confirmed that Medina’s pregnancy had gone well as just two months after diagnosis she delivered a healthy baby boy via Caesarean section. She was exactly 5 years, 7 months and 21 days old at the time of the birth and the caesarean was necessary given her small pelvis. Drs. Lozada and Busalleu operated while Dr. Colareta administered anesthesia.
The newborn baby is named Gerardo, according to Medimedecin and he weighed 2.7 kg (6.0 lb; 0.43 m) at birth. As a result, Lina Medina was named the youngest biological mother in the history of medicine and holds this rank to this day.
How does a five year old get pregnant?
Her parents must have called it a bluff when the doctors told them their little child was pregnant because it’s medically and naturally impossible, or so we thought. During the cesarean section that led to the birth of her baby, doctors had another shock about Lina Medina: her sexual organs were fully mature at this early age of the onset of puberty. Also, it was discovered that she got her first period at 8 months, although she reportedly started menstruating when she was three years old.
It is evident that at the tender age of five, Lina Medina had a mature woman’s body ready to conceive, this is not common and has never been seen in another case after her. Thus, no plausible explanation was given as to how such a young child could have become pregnant and delivered a healthy baby.
Who fathered Lina Medina’s child?
At first, Gerardo Medina grew up as Medina’s brother, but when he was 10 years old, he learned that the person he thought was his sister was actually his mother and she was only five years old. years older than him.
It became apparent that the young Medina was pregnant, the police intervened to catch the man responsible for the pregnancy and in doing so her father became a suspect but, after investigation, he was released. The same thing happened with one of Medina’s siblings who suffered from mental illness. Ultimately, Gerardo Medina’s biological father was never found, as his mother was unable to provide enough information to reveal his identity.
Where is Lina Medina now?
The youngest mother in the world, Lina caught a lot of media attention, but refused to give interviews regarding her unusual motherhood. She currently lives in abject poverty in Little Chicago, a poor neighborhood in Peru, and has refused to use her story to get rich.
At age 33, Lina married Raul Jurado with whom she had a son named Raul Jurado Jr. in 1972. Although Lina is still alive, the same cannot be said of her first child, Gerardo, who died in 1979 of a bone marrow disease. He was 40 years old.